Peter Pan

1924
1h 45m

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Fairy Tale Swashbuckler Adventure Family Fantasy

Peter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.Peter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.Peter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.

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7.1/10

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Trivia
Paramount spent nine months looking for an actress to star as Peter Pan. J.M. Barrie's contract for the rights gave him star approval, and Paramount was unable to find an actress whom Barrie approved until they tested the then-unknown Betty Bronson.

Goofs
Peter Pan casts a shadow on the floor and on the furniture prior to retrieving his shadow.

Quotes
Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] When I came into the room tonight, I saw a face at the window...
Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] ... the face of a little boy.
Mr. Darling: [in intertitles] Two flights up?
Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] This is not the first time. Last week, I was drowsing here by the fire...
Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] I felt a draught and looked up, and in the center of the room I saw that same little boy.
Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] I screamed. Nana sprang at him. The boy leapt out of the window ~ and escaped...
Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] ... but not before the window had closed and cut his shadow clean off.

Alternate versions
After the climactic fight with the pirates, Peter and the Lost Boys hoist a flag aboard the Jolly Roger. For the UK release of the film, the flag is the Union Jack; in the US version, this shot is replaced with one of the Stars and Stripes.

Connections
Featured in The House That Shadows Built (1931)

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7/10

Traditional Story Before Disney, Better Defined Tale

This film has a very stagy feel & it should because it was taken from the show as it was running on the stage in 1924 & filmed for the most part. There is only a sequence on the ocean which is an early example of how pirate films made much later would be like. While the sets are much the same on the ocean, the fantasy is left intact with children conquering bitter pirates.

The real fantasy of this film is how George Ali, in his only film role, makes a costumed dog seem so realistic. The special effects with the fairy, etc. are very obviously borrowed from the stage play. To me, the story here & the moral are more defined than the later Walt Disney animated version of the same story.

If you want to make a great home movie night, watch this film, then watch "Finding Neverland" starring Johnny Depp made years later. This silent is so well done, it makes the later film seem even better. The silent film actually enhances the enjoyment of Neverland as this film prefaces it very well.

All the acting in this silent is well done. This is an epic silent film.