''If Winter Comes'' is a 1923 American silent
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Harry Millarde
Harry F. Millarde (November 12, 1885 – November 2, 1931) was a pioneer American silent film actor and director.
Biography
Millarde was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and began his acting in film in 1913 with Kalem Studios in New York City. In 19 ...
and starring, in a breakout role,
Percy Marmont
Percy Marmont (25 November 1883 – 3 March 1977) was an English film actor.
Biography
Marmont appeared in more than 80 films between 1916 and 1968. A veteran film actor by 1923, he scored a big hit that year in ''If Winter Comes'', later rem ...
. It was produced and distributed the
Fox Film Corporation
The Fox Film Corporation (also known as Fox Studios) was an American Independent film production studio formed by William Fox (1879–1952) in 1915, by combining his earlier Greater New York Film Rental Company and Box Office Attractions Film C ...
. It is based on a
1921 novel later turned into a play by
A. S. M. Hutchinson
Arthur Stuart-Menteth Hutchinson (2 June 1879 – 14 March 1971), commonly known by his initials A. S. M. Hutchinson, was a British novelist.
Biography
Hutchinson was born on 2 June 1879 in India. His father was a distinguished soldier and his m ...
and
Basil Macdonald Hastings
Basil MacDonald Hastings (20 September 1881 – 21 February 1928) was an English author, journalist, and playwright.
Early life and education
Hastings was born on 20 September 1881 in London, second son of solicitor S. J. Edward Hastings. He was ...
.
Plot summary
Cast
Preservation
With no prints of ''If Winter Comes'' located in any film archives,
The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''If Winter Comes''
/ref> it is a lost film
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.
See also
* '' If Winter Comes'' (1947)
* 1937 Fox vault fire
The 1937 Fox vault fire was a major fire that broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States, on July 9, 1937. Flammable nitrate film had previously contributed to several fires in film-industr ...
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Jacket cover of novel, with still from the film
1923 films
American silent feature films
Fox Film films
Lost American films
American films based on plays
Films based on British novels
1923 drama films
Silent American drama films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Harry F. Millarde
Films set in England
1923 lost films
Lost drama films
1920s American films
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