The Story Without a Name

1924 film by Irvin Willat

  • October 27, 1924 (1924-10-27) (U.S.)
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6 reelsCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Story Without a Name is a 1924 American silent melodrama film directed by Irvin Willat and based on a novel by Arthur Stringer, which was published in conjunction with the film. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures and stars Agnes Ayres.[1] A contest run by Photoplay magazine asked viewers to select a title for the film for a prize of $5,000, with the alternative title Without Warning selected as the winning entry.

A 1952 film noir with the title Without Warning! had a working title of The Story Without a Name, but the plots of the two films are quite different.[2]

Cast

  • Agnes Ayres as Mary Walsworth
  • Antonio Moreno as Alan Holt
  • Tyrone Power, Sr. as Drakma (credited as Tyrone Power)
  • Louis Wolheim as Kurder
  • Dagmar Godowsky as Claire
  • Jack Lionel Bohm as Don Powell
  • Maurice Costello as The Cripple
  • Frank Currier as Admiral Walsworth
  • Ivan Linow as Lab assistant

Preservation

With no prints of The Story Without a Name located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.

References

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Story Without a Name at silentera.com
  2. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
  3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Story Without a name

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Story Without a Name.
  • The Story Without a Name at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Synopsis at AllMovie
  • Stringer, Arthur (1924), The Story Without a Name, New York: Grosset & Dunlap (with stills), on the Internet Archive
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