Listen Lester


1924

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
May 20, 1924
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Sacramento Pictures
Distribution Company
Principal Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Listen Lester by Harry Linsley Cort, G. E. Stoddard, Harold Orlog (New York, 1918?).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
6,242ft (6 reels)

Synopsis

Colonel Dodge, a gay old widower, goes to Florida with his daughter, Mary, when Miss Arbutus Quilty, one of his former flames, threatens him with a breach-of-promise suit. He hires Miss Pink, a lady detective, to retrieve a packet of incriminating letters Miss Quilty plans to use as evidence, but Miss Quilty follows him to Florida. Listen Lester, a house detective at the resort where Dodge and Mary stay, becomes involved in the plan to recover the letters. After a series of complications, Dodge decides to settle down with Miss Quilty and Mary weds Lester.

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
May 20, 1924
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Sacramento Pictures
Distribution Company
Principal Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Listen Lester by Harry Linsley Cort, G. E. Stoddard, Harold Orlog (New York, 1918?).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
6,242ft (6 reels)

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