The Cinderella Man


1917

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Dec 16, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Goldwyn Pictures Corp.
Distribution Company
Goldwyn Distributing Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Cinderella Man by Edward Childs Carpenter (New York, 17 Jan 1916).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5-6 reels

Synopsis

When Marjorie Caner returns from abroad, she is quite lonely in her millionaire father's big house. Learning that a young poet, Anthony Quintard, is living in poverty next door while working on the libretto of a great opera, she skips across the roofs and brings him a Christmas banquet. The poet sees Marjorie, and knowing that he detests wealth, she pretends to be the secretary of the Caner family. Marjorie volunteers to type his libretto, and a close intimacy grows between them. Tony wins a $10,000 prize for his work, but is enraged when he discovers that Marjorie is an heiress. Morris Caner, mellowed under his daughter's tutelage, comes to the rescue by feigning financial ruin, and manages to reconcile the two lovers.

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Dec 16, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Goldwyn Pictures Corp.
Distribution Company
Goldwyn Distributing Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Cinderella Man by Edward Childs Carpenter (New York, 17 Jan 1916).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5-6 reels

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Trivia

Notes

Some night scenes in the film were shot at a pier in New York City.