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Peter Pan is a silent movie
Silent Movie

Silent Movie is a 1976 in film comedy film directed by and starring Mel Brooks, and released by 20th Century Fox on June 17, 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, Sid Caesar, Anne Bancroft, Henny Youngman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, and Paul Newman....
 released in 1924
1924 in film

Events* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...
 by Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production company and distribution company, located on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California....
, the first film adaptation of the play by J.M. Barrie. It was directed by Herbert Brenon
Herbert Brenon

File:Herbert Brenon Mausoleum 12-2-2008.jpgHerbert Brenon was a film Film director during the era of silent movies through the 1930s. He was born in Dublin, Ireland....
 and starred Betty Bronson
Betty Bronson

Betty Bronson born Elizabeth Ada Bronson to Frank and Nellie Smith Bronson. She was a famous actress in silent and sound films....
 as Peter Pan
Peter Pan

Peter Pan is a character created by Scotland novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to aging, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys , interacting with Mermaid, Native_Americans_in_the_United_States, f...
, Ernest Torrence
Ernest Torrence

Ernest Torrence was a Scotland born film character actor who appeared in many Hollywood films, including Mantrap with Clara Bow, and Fighting Caravans with Gary Cooper and Lili Damita....
 as Captain Hook
Captain Hook

File:DuMaurier.jpgCaptain James Hook is a fictional character and the antagonist of J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its various adaptations....
, Mary Brian
Mary Brian

Mary Brian was an United States actress and movie star who made the transition from silent film to sound film....
 as Wendy, and Virginia Browne Faire
Virginia Browne Faire

Virginia Browne Faire was an United States silent-film actress, appearing in mainly dramatic films and westerns.Born Virginia Labuna in Brooklyn, New York, she was brought to Hollywood in 1919 after being the winner of the Motion Picture Classic magazine's Fame and Fortune Contest....
 as Tinker Bell.

Background
Barrie selected Bronson for the role, and wrote additional scenes for the film, but Brenon stuck largely to the stageplay.

Reception
The film was celebrated at the time for its innovative use of special effects (mainly to show Tinker Bell) according to Disney's 45th anniversary video of their adaptation
Peter Pan (1953 film)

Peter Pan is an animated feature produced by Walt Disney based on the play Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie. It is the fourteenth film in the List of Disney animated features and was originally released to theaters on February 5, 1953 by RKO Pictures....
 of Peter Pan.






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Peter Pan is a silent movie
Silent Movie

Silent Movie is a 1976 in film comedy film directed by and starring Mel Brooks, and released by 20th Century Fox on June 17, 1976. The ensemble cast includes Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Bernadette Peters, Sid Caesar, Anne Bancroft, Henny Youngman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan, and Paul Newman....
 released in 1924
1924 in film

Events* Entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ...
 by Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production company and distribution company, located on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California....
, the first film adaptation of the play by J.M. Barrie. It was directed by Herbert Brenon
Herbert Brenon

File:Herbert Brenon Mausoleum 12-2-2008.jpgHerbert Brenon was a film Film director during the era of silent movies through the 1930s. He was born in Dublin, Ireland....
 and starred Betty Bronson
Betty Bronson

Betty Bronson born Elizabeth Ada Bronson to Frank and Nellie Smith Bronson. She was a famous actress in silent and sound films....
 as Peter Pan
Peter Pan

Peter Pan is a character created by Scotland novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to aging, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys , interacting with Mermaid, Native_Americans_in_the_United_States, f...
, Ernest Torrence
Ernest Torrence

Ernest Torrence was a Scotland born film character actor who appeared in many Hollywood films, including Mantrap with Clara Bow, and Fighting Caravans with Gary Cooper and Lili Damita....
 as Captain Hook
Captain Hook

File:DuMaurier.jpgCaptain James Hook is a fictional character and the antagonist of J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its various adaptations....
, Mary Brian
Mary Brian

Mary Brian was an United States actress and movie star who made the transition from silent film to sound film....
 as Wendy, and Virginia Browne Faire
Virginia Browne Faire

Virginia Browne Faire was an United States silent-film actress, appearing in mainly dramatic films and westerns.Born Virginia Labuna in Brooklyn, New York, she was brought to Hollywood in 1919 after being the winner of the Motion Picture Classic magazine's Fame and Fortune Contest....
 as Tinker Bell.

Plot


The film closely follows the plot of the original play, and even goes so far as to incorporate much of its original stage dialogue in the intertitle
Intertitle

In motion pictures, an intertitle is a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of the photographed action, at various points, generally to convey character dialogue, or descriptive narrative material related to, but not necessarily covered by, the material photographed....
s. Peter Pan, a magical boy who refuses to grow up, brings the Darling children (Wendy, John, and Michael) from London to Neverland
Neverland

Never Land or Neverland is a fictional world, often depicted as a magic island featured in the works of J. M. Barrie, and is the dwelling place of Peter Pan....
, where they have adventures that include a confrontation with the pirate Captain Hook
Captain Hook

File:DuMaurier.jpgCaptain James Hook is a fictional character and the antagonist of J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its various adaptations....
 and his crew.

Background


Barrie selected Bronson for the role, and wrote additional scenes for the film, but Brenon stuck largely to the stageplay.

Cast


  • Betty Bronson
    Betty Bronson

    Betty Bronson born Elizabeth Ada Bronson to Frank and Nellie Smith Bronson. She was a famous actress in silent and sound films....
     as Peter Pan
    Peter Pan

    Peter Pan is a character created by Scotland novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie . A mischievous boy who can fly and magically refuses to aging, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood adventuring on the small island of Neverland as the leader of his gang the Lost Boys , interacting with Mermaid, Native_Americans_in_the_United_States, f...
  • Ernest Torrence
    Ernest Torrence

    Ernest Torrence was a Scotland born film character actor who appeared in many Hollywood films, including Mantrap with Clara Bow, and Fighting Caravans with Gary Cooper and Lili Damita....
     as Captain Hook
    Captain Hook

    File:DuMaurier.jpgCaptain James Hook is a fictional character and the antagonist of J. M. Barrie's play Peter Pan, or the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up and its various adaptations....
  • Mary Brian
    Mary Brian

    Mary Brian was an United States actress and movie star who made the transition from silent film to sound film....
     as Wendy Darling
    Wendy Darling

    Wendy Moira Angela Darling is a fictional heroine and female protagonist in the Peter Pan stories by J. M. Barrie, and in most of their adaptations in other media....
  • Jack Murphy
    Jack Murphy

    Jack Roland Murphy or Murph the Surf is a surfing champion, musician, author, artist and convicted murderer who was involved in the biggest Gemstone Robbery in American history at the American Museum of Natural History....
     as John Darling
    John Darling

    John Darling was a comic strip, created by Tom Batiuk, about a talk show host. It appeared from March 25 1979 to August 4 1991.John Darling was originally a supporting character in Batiuk's strip Funky Winkerbean....
  • Philippe De Lacy
    Philippe De Lacy

    Philippe De Lacy a.k.a. Philippe deLacy was a former silent film era child actor....
     as Michael Darling
  • Virginia Brown Faire as Tinker Bell


  • George Ali as Nana the dog
  • Esther Ralston
    Esther Ralston

    Esther Ralston was an United States movie actress whose greatest popularity came during the silent films....
     as Mrs. Darling
  • Cyril Chadwick
    Cyril Chadwick

    Cyril Chadwick , was an English actor of the silent film. He appeared in 70 films between 1913 in film and 1938 in film.He was born in Kensington, London....
     as Mr. Darling
  • Anna May Wong as Tiger Lily
  • Maurice Murphy
    Maurice Murphy

    Maurice Murphy is a United Kingdom musician, and was Principal Trumpet of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1977 to 2007.He was born in Hammersmith in 1935....
     as Tootles
  • Mickey McBan
    Mickey McBan

    Mickey McBan was an American child actor. From the age of four, McBan became one of Hollywood's best proponents of the everyday youngster. As an actor, McBan found a middle path, located somewhere between the heart-tugging dramatics of Jackie Coogan or the more ethereal qualities of Philippe De Lacy....
     as Slightly
  • George Crane Jr. as Curly
  • Winston Doty as 1st Twin
  • Weston Doty as 2nd Twin
  • Terence McMillan as Nibs
  • Louis Morrison as Gentleman Starkey
    Characters of Peter Pan

    The works of J. M. Barrie about Peter Pan feature many memorable characters. The numerous Works based on Peter Pan to those stories feature many of the same characters, and introduce new ones....
  • Edward Kipling as Smee
    Characters of Peter Pan

    The works of J. M. Barrie about Peter Pan feature many memorable characters. The numerous Works based on Peter Pan to those stories feature many of the same characters, and introduce new ones....


Reception


The film was celebrated at the time for its innovative use of special effects (mainly to show Tinker Bell) according to Disney's 45th anniversary video of their adaptation
Peter Pan (1953 film)

Peter Pan is an animated feature produced by Walt Disney based on the play Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie. It is the fourteenth film in the List of Disney animated features and was originally released to theaters on February 5, 1953 by RKO Pictures....
 of Peter Pan. In 2000, the United States Library of Congress
Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the de facto national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books....
 deemed it "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry
National Film Registry

The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress....
.

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