Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model (film)

Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
Directed by	Emmett J. Flynn
Written by	Carey Wilson; H.H. Van Loan
Based on	play by Owen Davis
Produced by	Samuel Goldwyn
Starring	Claire Windsor
Cinematography	Lucien Andriot; Paul Ivano (2nd unit)
Distributed by	Goldwyn Pictures
Release date	April 16, 1924;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Emmett J. Flynn and starring Claire Windsor.^[1] Produced and distributed by Goldwyn Pictures, the film is based on a play by Owen Davis, which premiered on Broadway in 1906.^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] ill used by her father, Nellie is taken in charge by Thomas Lipton and brought up in poor surroundings. When Thomas dies, she becomes a cloak model. She is continuously persecuted by her mother's nephew Walter Peck, the owner of the shop on Fifth Avenue where she works. He endeavors to get rid of her so that he can obtain a fortune to which she is the heiress. After many adventures, including her rescue from crushed by an elevated train by Jack Carroll, the man she loves, the young woman finds happiness.

Cast

Claire Windsor as Nellie
Edmund Lowe as Jack Carroll
Mae Busch as Polly Joy
Raymond Griffith as Shorty Burchell
Lew Cody as Walter Peck
Hobart Bosworth as Thomas Lipton / Robert Horton
Lilyan Tashman as Nita
Dorothy Cumming as Mrs. Horton
Will Walling as Blizzard Dugan
Mayme Kelso as Miss Drake
William Orlamond as Mosely
Arthur Housman as Gangster
David Kirby as Gangster
Ina Anson as Model
Betsy Ann Hisle as Nellie age five

Preservation status

A copy is held in Russia by the Gosfilmofond Russian State Archive.^[4]

References

^ Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model on Broadway, at West End Theatre, 1906
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
^ Pardy, George T. (March 22, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 25. Retrieved October 7, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model

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[1] Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model on Broadway, at West End Theatre, 1906

[2] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model

[ETR-3] Pardy, George T. (March 22, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 25. Retrieved October 7, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[4] The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model

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