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Three Weeks (1924 Film)
''Three Weeks'' is a 1924 American drama film directed by Alan Crosland. The movie is based on the 1907 Three Weeks (book), novel of the same name by Elinor Glyn, and the title refers to the length of an affair by the Queen of Sardalia. Formerly a lost film, the FIAF database indicates a print is preserved by Russia's Gosfilmofond. The novel had previously been made into the American film , directed by Perry N. Vekroff and starring Madlaine Traverse and George C. Pearce, Overview of the 1914 version and in a 1917 Hungarian film titled ''Három hét'' that was directed by Márton Garas. The 1924 production was the first to be authorized and supervised by Glyn, which was noted in advertising for the film. Plot As described in a film magazine review, the Quee ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Crosland
Alan Crosland (August 10, 1894 – July 16, 1936) was an American stage actor and film director. He is noted for having directed the first feature film using spoken dialogue, ''The Jazz Singer'' (1927). Early life and career Born in New York City, New York to a well-to-do Jewish family, Crosland attended Dartmouth College. After graduation, he took a job as a writer with the ''New York Globe'' magazine. Interested in the theatre, he began acting on stage, appearing in several productions with Shakespearian actress Annie Russell. Crosland began his career in the motion picture industry in 1912 at Edison Studios in The Bronx, New York, where he worked at various jobs for two years until he had learned the business sufficiently well to begin directing short films. By 1917, he was directing feature-length films and in 1920 directed Olive Thomas in ''The Flapper'', one of her final films before her death in September of that year. In 1925, Crosland was working for Jesse L. Lasky' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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