Captain January (1924 film)

Captain January
Theatrical release poster for Captain January.
Directed byEdward F. Cline[1]
Written byEve Unsell
John Grey
Based onCaptain January
1890 novel
by Laura E. Richards [2]
Produced bySol Lesser[1]
StarringBaby Peggy
Hobart Bosworth
Irene Rich
CinematographyGlen MacWilliams
Distributed byPrincipal Pictures
Release date
  • July 6, 1924 (1924-07-06)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Captain January is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Edward F. Cline and featuring child star Baby Peggy. It was the first screen adaptation of the 1890 children's book Captain January by Laura E. Richards.[2][3] The other adaptation of the novel was the film Captain January (1936) with Shirley Temple.[4]

Captain January (1924)
  1. ^ a b "Captain January (1924)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Captain January". Silent Film Festival. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Captain January at silentera.com
  4. ^ Maltin, Leonard, Leonard Maltin's TV movies and Video Guide, 1991 Edition, page 166, Plume, 1990