The Great Gatsby (1926 film)

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silent drama film

The Great Gatsby (1926 film) is a silent drama adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, now largely lost, that brought the Jazz Age story to the screen during the height of the 1920s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf silent drama film ⓘ
adaptationOf American novel ⓘ
archivalStatus no known complete print ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork F. Scott Fitzgerald NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn The Great Gatsby (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterPortrayed Daisy Buchanan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jay Gatsby NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nick Carraway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tom Buchanan NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographer Leo Tover NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Herbert Brenon NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributionRegion North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
era late silent film era ⓘ
filmStatus largely lost ⓘ
format black-and-white film ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
hasFilmPoster theatrical release poster ⓘ
language Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ
lostStatusReason nitrate film decomposition ⓘ
medium silent cinema ⓘ
notableFor first film adaptation of The Great Gatsby ⓘ
originalStudio Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
portraysTheme American Dream ⓘ
romantic obsession ⓘ
wealth and class in 1920s America ⓘ
producer Jesse L. Lasky NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Famous Players–Lasky NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear 1926 ⓘ
runtimeApprox about 80 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Becky Gardiner NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elizabeth Meehan NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingDecade 1920s ⓘ
settingPeriod Jazz Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceMaterialPublicationYear 1925 ⓘ
stars Georgia Hale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lois Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neil Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warner Baxter NERFINISHED ⓘ
survivingMaterial trailer ⓘ

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Neil Hamilton → appearedIn → The Great Gatsby (1926 film) ⓘ
The Great Gatsby (film adaptations) → hasMember → The Great Gatsby (1926 film) ⓘ
Cyril Hume → notableWork → The Great Gatsby (1926 film) ⓘ
Henry Hull → notableWork → The Great Gatsby (1926 film) ⓘ
Joel Edgerton → notableWork → The Great Gatsby (1926 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Great Gatsby
Georgia Hale → performedIn → The Great Gatsby (1926 film) ⓘ
Joel Edgerton → starredIn → The Great Gatsby (1926 film) ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Great Gatsby
Cyril Hume → wroteScreenplayFor → The Great Gatsby (1926 film) ⓘ