Mad Hour

Mad Hour
Mad Hour
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Directed by	Joseph Boyle
Written by	Thomas J. Geraghty; Casey Robinson;
Based on	The Man and the Moment; by Elinor Glyn
Produced by	Robert Kane
Starring	Sally O'Neil; Alice White; Donald Reed;
Edited by	Terry O. Morse
Production; company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	March 4, 1928;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Mad Hour is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Joseph Boyle and starring Sally O'Neil, Alice White, and Donald Reed. It was adapted from a 1914 novel by Elinor Glyn.

Cast

Sally O'Neil as Cuddles
Alice White as Aimee
Donald Reed as Jack Hemingway Jr.
Larry Kent as Elmer Grubb
Lowell Sherman as Joe Mack
Norman Trevor as Hemingway Sr.
Eddie Clayton as Red
Jim Farley as Inspector
Rose Dione as Modiste
Tully Marshall as Lawyer
Margaret Livingston as Maid
Jack Egan as Chauffeur
Kate Price as Jail Matron
Mary Foy as Police Matron
Ione Holmes as Bride

Censorship

Like many American films of the time, Mad Hour was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. In Kansas the film, with a plot involving drinking, crime, and suicide, was banned by the Board of Review.

Preservation

With no prints of Mad Hour located in any film archives, it is a lost film.

References

↑ Goble p.849
↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Mad Hour
↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Mad Hour at silentera.com
↑ Butters, Gerald R. (2007). Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966. University of Missouri Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-8262-1749-3.
↑ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Mad Hour

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

Mad Hour at IMDb
Lobby card at gettyimages.com

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[1] Goble p.849

[2] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Mad Hour

[3] Progressive Silent Film List: Mad Hour at silentera.com

[4] Butters, Gerald R. (2007). Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966. University of Missouri Press. p. 194. ISBN 978-0-8262-1749-3.

[5] The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Mad Hour