The Next Corner
The Next Corner is a 1924 American silent romantic melodrama film directed by Sam Wood. The film starred Dorothy Mackaill and Lon Chaney. Based on the romance novel of the same name by Kate Jordan, the film was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[1]
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| Directed by | Sam Wood |
| Written by | Monte Katterjohn (scenario) |
| Based on | The Next Corner by Kate Jordan |
| Starring | Dorothy Mackaill Lon Chaney Conway Tearle Louise Dresser |
| Cinematography | Alfred Gilks |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 70 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Throughout the years, The Next Corner has been cited as a Chaney picture but, according to the American Film Institute Catalog, his character has little screen time. In fact, of all Chaney's feature films of the 1920s, this picture seems to have less of him on screen than any other feature he made. The leading character is portrayed by Dorothy Mackaill, then an up-and-coming young star. This film was Chaney's only Paramount film of the 1920s, the last having been Treasure Island, and was one of the last films he appeared in as a freelance artist before signing a multiple picture deal with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[2]
The novel was refilmed in sound in 1931 at RKO as Transgression starring Kay Francis, Nance O'Neil with Ricardo Cortez returning to the same role.
Cast
- Conway Tearle as Robert Maury
- Lon Chaney as Juan Serafin
- Dorothy Mackaill as Elsie Maury
- Ricardo Cortez as Don Arturo
- Louise Dresser as Nina Race
- Remea Radzina as Countess Longueval
- Dorothy Cumming as Paula Vrain
- Bertha Feducha as Julie, Elsie's Maid
- Bernard Siegel as The Stranger
