Icebound
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Directed byWilliam C. deMille
Written byClara Beranger (scenario)
Based onIcebound
by Owen Davis
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
StarringRichard Dix
Lois Wilson
CinematographyL. Guy Wilky
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 2, 1924 (1924-03-02)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Icebound is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by William C. deMille, produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, and based on a 1923 Pulitzer Prize Broadway produced play of the same name by Owen Davis.[1] This film production was made at Paramount's Astoria Studios in New York City.[2][3] Actress Edna May Oliver returned to the role that she played in the Broadway version.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[4] a disillusioned Ben Jordan returns home following service in France during World War I and colors the dull life of his New England town by indulging in various dissipations. He sets fire to a barn and disappears to avoid arrest. His stern old mother lies in bed in her sick room, attended by her physician, while greedy relatives assemble in the parlor, waiting for her demise. After her death, the relatives react with horrorstricken surprise when the family lawyer reads the will and self-sacrificing ward Jane Crosby is named as the sole heir. Jane sets out to reform Ben and falls in love with him. Although he is at first attracted to his vamp cousin, Nettie Moore, Ben finally realizes that he loves Jane, and all ends well.

Cast

Preservation

With no copies of Icebound located in any film archives,[5] it is a lost film.

References

  1. ↑ Icebound 1923 stage production, Broadway, Internet Broadway Database
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Icebound at silentera.com
  3. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Icebound
  4. ↑ Pardy, George T. (March 15, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Icebound". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 27. Retrieved October 4, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Icebound
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