Janice Meredith

Janice Meredith
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Directed byE. Mason Hopper
E. J. Babille (assistant)
Written byLillie Hayward
Based onJanice Meredith
by Paul Leicester Ford and Edward Everett Rose
Produced byWilliam Randolph Hearst
StarringMarion Davies
Holbrook Blinn
Maclyn Arbuckle
Tyrone Power, Sr.
Joseph Kilgour
CinematographyGeorge Barnes
Ira H. Morgan
Edited byWalter Futter
Music byDeems Taylor
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn
Release date
  • December 8, 1924 (1924-12-08)
Running time
153 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles
Budget$1.5 million[1]

Janice Meredith, also known as The Beautiful Rebel, is a silent film starring Marion Davies, released in 1924 and based on the book and play A Colonial Girl written by Paul Leicester Ford and Edward Everett Rose.[2] The play opened at the end of 1900 and was the first starring vehicle for stage actress Mary Mannering. The movie follows the actions of Janice Meredith, who helps George Washington and Paul Revere during the American Revolutionary War.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Janice Meredith". August 13, 1924. p. 21. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  2. ^ "The Stage and Its People". Philadelphia Times. March 31, 1901. p. 36.
  3. ^ Janice Meredith at silentera.com
  4. ^ Janice Meredith as presented on Broadway at Wallack's Theatre, December 10, 1900 to February 1901, 92 performances; IBDb.com