''Miami'' is a 1924 American silent society melodrama film directed by

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 Ci ...

and distributed by

W. W. Hodkinson William Wadsworth Hodkinson (August 16, 1881 – June 2, 1971), known more commonly as W. W. Hodkinson, was born in Independence, Kansas. Known as ''The Man Who Invented Hollywood'', he opened one of the first movie theaters in Ogden, Utah in 190 ...

. The film stars

Betty Compson Betty Compson (born Eleanor Luicime Compson; March 19, 1897 – April 18, 1974) was an American actress and film producer who got her start during Hollywood's silent era. She is best known for her performances in ''The Docks of New York'' and ...

and

Hedda Hopper Hedda Hopper (born Elda Furry; May 2, 1885February 1, 1966) was an American gossip columnist and actress. At the height of her influence in the 1940s, her readership was 35 million. A strong supporter of the House Un-American Activities Committ ...

Cast

as Joan Bruce *

Lawford Davidson Lawford Davidson (1 January 1890 –1964) was a British film actor.Lawford Davidson
at BFI He was born Cha ...

as Ransom Tate *

as Mary Tate *

J. Barney Sherry J. Barney Sherry (March 4, 1874February 22, 1944) was an American actor of the silent film era. He appeared in more than 210 films between 1905 and 1929. He was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from card ...

as David Forbes *

Lucy Fox Lucy Fox (October 25, 1897 – May 21, 1970) was an American actress active in the era of silent film.Solomon, p. 290 Partial filmography * '' Just for Tonight'' (1918) * '' Why I Would Not Marry?'' (1918) * ''The Bishop's Emeralds'' (1919) * '' ...

as Veronica Forbes * Benjamin F. Finney, Jr. as Grant North

Preservation

With no copies of ''Miami'' located in any film archives,The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Miami''
/ref> it is a

lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...

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1924 films 1924 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Alan Crosland Films set in Miami Films shot in Miami American independent films Lost American drama films Melodrama films Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation 1920s independent films 1924 lost films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films English-language drama films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub