Brass (film)

1923 film by Sidney Franklin

Brass

Marie Prevost in Brass

Directed by| Sidney Franklin
Written by| Julien Josephson
Sada Cowan (titles)
Based on| Brass (1921 novel) Charles Gilmore Norris
Produced by| Harry Rapf
Starring| Monte Blue
Marie Prevost
Irene Rich
Cinematography| Norbert Brodine
Edited by| Hal C. Kern

Production
company

Warner Bros.

Distributed by| Warner Bros.

Release date

* March 4, 1923 (1923-03-04)

Running time

| 9 reels
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)
Budget| $170,000[1]
Box office| $479,000[1]

Brass is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. It was directed by Sidney A. Franklin. This movie stars Monte Blue, Marie Prevost, and Irene Rich. The well-regarded film survives in 16mm format.[2][3]

## Plot

[edit]

As described in a film magazine review,[4] a young man born in the country leaves his family farm to engage in business in the city. He marries for the first time when he is still very young, finds the match a failure, gets a divorce, and starts life again. The hopelessness of life as far as a happy marriage is concerned forces itself on the young man, whose only brief period of happiness was enjoyed when he was living with a woman who really loves him and sacrifices for him.

## Cast

[edit]

* Monte Blue as Philip Baldwin
* Marie Prevost as Marjorie Jones
* Irene Rich as Mrs. Grotenberg
* Harry Myers as Wilbur Lansing
* Frank Keenan as Frank Church
* Helen Ferguson as Rosemary Church
* Pat O'Malley as Harry Baldwin
* Miss DuPont as Lucy Baldwin
* Ethel Grey Terry as Leila Vale
* Margaret Seddon as Mrs. Baldwin
* Edward Jobson as Judge Baldwin
* Cyril Chadwick as Roy North
* Vera Lewis as Mrs. Jones
* Harvey Clark as George Yost
* Gertrude Bennett as Mrs. Yost
* Bruce Guerin as Baby Paul

## Box office

[edit]

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $451,000 domestically and $28,000 in foreign markets.[1]

## Preservation status

[edit]

Brass survives complete.[5] It was transferred onto 16mm film by Associated Artists Productions[6] in the 1950s and shown on television.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b c Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 1 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Brass at silentera.com
3. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921 - 30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
4. ^ "Tried and Proven Pictures: Brass". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 37. March 8, 1924. Retrieved September 22, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
5. ^ "Brass / DVD / DVD5 / VOB IFO / NTSC". March 4, 1923.
6. ^ 1957 Movies from AAP Warner Bros Features & Cartoons Sales Book Directed at TV

## External links

[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brass (1923 film).

* Brass at IMDb
* Brass at the TCM Movie Database
* Synopsis at AllMovie

* v
* t
* e

Films directed by Sidney Franklin

* Let Katie Do It (1916)
* Going Straight (1916)
* The Little School Ma'am (1916)
* Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916)
* A Sister of Six (1916)
* The Babes in the Woods (1917)
* Jack and the Beanstalk (1917)
* Treasure Island (1918)
* The Safety Curtain (1918)
* Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1918)
* The Forbidden City (1918)
* The Probation Wife (1919)
* The Heart of Wetona (1919)
* The Hoodlum (1919)
* Heart o' the Hills (1919)
* Courage (1921)
* Not Guilty (1921)
* Smilin' Through (1922)
* The Primitive Lover (1922)
* East Is West (1922)
* Brass (1923)
* Dulcy (1923)
* Tiger Rose (1923)
* Her Night of Romance (1924)
* Learning to Love (1925)
* Her Sister from Paris (1925)
* Beverly of Graustark (1926)
* The Duchess of Buffalo (1926)
* Quality Street (1927)
* The Actress (1928)
* Wild Orchids (1929)
* The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1929)
* Devil-May-Care (1929)
* The Lady of Scandal (1930)
* A Lady's Morals (1930)
* The Guardsman (1931)
* Private Lives (1931)
* Smilin' Through (1932)
* Reunion in Vienna (1933)
* The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)
* The Dark Angel (1935)
* The Good Earth (1937)
* The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)

This article about a 1920s romance film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This article about a silent drama film from the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template