| Half-A-Dollar-Bill | |
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| Directed by | W. S. Van Dyke |
| Written by | Max Graf (adaptation) Alfred A. Cohn (intertitles) |
| Story by | Curtis Benton |
| Produced by | Max Graf |
| Starring | Anna Q. Nilsson |
| Cinematography | Andre BarlatierFrench Wikipedia |
| Distributed by | Metro Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (Englishintertitles) |
Half-A-Dollar-Bill is a surviving[1] 1924 Americansilentdrama film directed byW. S. Van Dyke and starringAnna Q. Nilsson. It was produced by an independent company and released throughMetro Pictures.[2][3]
As described in a film magazine review,[4] Captain Duncan McTeague, ashore in Southport, finds a deserted baby boy with a note and half of a dollar bill pinned to its clothing. The note states that the mother hopes some day to return and identify the child with the other half of the dollar bill. McTeague raises the child. When he is four years old, the captain discharges his mate Martin Webber, who seeks revenge by kidnapping the boy. A woman turns up who proves to be the missing mother. Webber is killed and the mother and Captain McTeague are united.
A copy ofHalf-A-Dollar-Bill was preserved by MGM labs and a print is held by theCinematheque Royale de Belgique.[5]
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