Old Lady 31


1920

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Apr 20, 1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Screen Classics, Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Old Lady 31 by Rachel Crothers (New York, 30 Oct 1916).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
6 reels

Synopsis

When aged couple Abe and Angie Rose lose their life savings in worthless mining stock, their last one hundred dollars goes to secure Angie a place in the Old Ladies Home while Abe must content himself with the poorhouse. Their parting at the gate of the institution affects the inmates so deeply that they make arrangements for Abe to remain there as "Old Lady 31." Once there, the ladies almost nurse Abe to death, and when inmate Blossy's new husband, Captain Darby, suggests he escape, Abe welcomes the opportunity. Remorse overtakes him, however, and he returns to discover that the mining stock is worth enough money to buy back the Roses' old house.

Film Details

Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Apr 20, 1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Screen Classics, Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Old Lady 31 by Rachel Crothers (New York, 30 Oct 1916).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
6 reels

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Trivia

Notes

The play was based on the novel Old Lady Number 31 by Mary Louise Foster (pseud. of Louise Forsslund), New York, 1909. Some scenes in this film were shot near the Orange County Farm at Downey, CA and at the Sunland Hotel in the San Fernando Valley.