The Eleventh Hour is a lost 1923 American melodrama action film directed by Bernard Durning and written by Louis Sherwin. The film stars Shirley Mason, Buck Jones, Richard Tucker, Alan Hale Sr., Walter McGrail and June Elvidge. The film was released on July 20, 1923, by Fox Film Corporation.[1][2][3]
| The Eleventh Hour | |
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_-_1.jpg) Advertisement for The Eleventh Hour from Film Daily, July 8, 1923. | |
| Directed by | Bernard Durning |
| Screenplay by | Louis Sherwin |
| Based on | The Eleventh Hour by Lincoln J. Carter |
| Starring | Shirley Mason Buck Jones Richard Tucker Alan Hale Sr. Walter McGrail June Elvidge |
| Cinematography | Don Short |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Plot
editWanting to take over the world, the mad and evil Prince Stefan de Bernie plots to acquire a new explosive developed at a plant owned by Barbara Hackett. Prince Stefan uses blackmail to get Barbara's uncle and the dishonest business executive Herbert Glenville — a man who would like to marry Barbara — to cooperate with him. Meanwhile, Brick McDonald, an employee of Prince Stefan's, wins Barbara's confidence. After a number of adventures involving wild chases in motorboats, airplanes, and submarines, fights with lions, and rescuing Barbara from being lowered into a pit of molten steel, McDonald foils Prince Stefan's plans. McDonald then reveals that he is actually the chief of the United States Secret Service.[1][4][5]
Cast
edit- Shirley Mason as Barbara Hackett
- Buck Jones as Brick McDonald
- Richard Tucker as Herbert Glenville
- Alan Hale Sr. as Prince Stefan de Bernie
- Walter McGrail as Dick Manley
- June Elvidge as Estelle Hackett
- Fred Kelsey as The Submarine Commander
- Nigel De Brulier as Mordecai Newman
- Fred Kohler as Barbara's Uncle
Production
editThe film was based on the unpublished and uncopyrighted play The Eleventh Hour by Lincoln J. Carter.[1] [6]
Between February 26 and March 2, 1923, Twentieth Century Fox used the United States Navy submarine USS R-6 in filming The Eleventh Hour.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b c "The Eleventh Hour (1923) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ Hal Erickson. "The Eleventh Hour (1923) - Bernard J. Durning". AllMovie. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ "The Eleventh Hour". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
- ^ IMDB The Eleventh Hour: Plot Accessed 2 June 2023
- ^ avclub.com The Eleventh Hour Accessed 2 June 2023
- ^ The Eleventh Hour at silentera.com; Accessed 2 June 2023.
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships R-6 Accessed 19 January 2023