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The Lotus Eater
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6960 feet
Directed by Marshall Neilan

Cast: John Barrymore [Jacques Lenoi], Colleen Moore [Mavis], Anna Q. Nilsson [Madge Vance], Ida Waterman [Mrs. Hastings Vance], Frank Currier [the dean], J. Barney Sherry [John Carson], Wesley Barry [Jocko], Dorothy Mackaill

Marshall Neilan Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated [A John Barrymore Production; A First National Attraction]. / Produced by Marshall Neilan. Scenario by Marion Fairfax, from a screen story by Albert Payson Terhune. Art direction by John D. Schulze (John DuCasse Schulze). Cinematography by David Kesson. Film editor, Daniel J. Gray. Intertitles written by George Ade. / © 12 December 1921 by Marshall Neilan Productions, Incorporated [LP17467]. Premiered circa 27 November 1921 in New York, New York. General release, January 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Some exteriors were shot on-location in Florida.

Comedy: Satire.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Shipwrecks - USA: Florida

Listing updated: 11 December 2024.

References: Drew-Speaking pp. 167, 282; Everson-American p. 173 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.