| Half an Hour | |
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 Contemporary advertisement | |
| Directed by | Harley Knoles |
| Screenplay by | Clara Beranger |
| Based on | Half an Hour byJ. M. Barrie |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor |
| Starring | Dorothy Dalton Charles Richman Albert L. Barrett Frank Losee H. Cooper Cliffe |
| Cinematography | Philip Hatkin |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (Englishintertitles) |
Half an Hour is a 1920 Americansilentdrama film directed byHarley Knoles and written byClara Beranger. The film starsDorothy Dalton,Charles Richman, Albert L. Barrett,Frank Losee, andH. Cooper Cliffe. It is based on the 1913 playHalf an Hour byJ. M. Barrie. The film was released on September 19, 1920, byParamount Pictures.[1][2]
As described in afilm magazine,[3] Lady Lillian Garson (Dalton), whose marriage to man of wealth Richard Garson (Richman) has been in name only and the result of parental pressure, decides after an unpleasant meeting with her husband to take up the proposal of Hugh Paton (Barrett) and go with him to Egypt. He is due to sail within half an hour of the time she made her decision, so she leaves a note for her husband, takes the jewels he has given her, and makes her way to Paton's quarters, which are "just across the square." Paton leaves his apartment to get a cab and is struck by an automobile and killed. Dr. George Brodie (Losee), a friend of her husband's whom she has not met, brings the body into the house. Lady Lillian returns to her home, hoping to cover up her secret. She is successful in this, though she meets Dr. Brodie at dinner with her husband, and the doctor does not disclose the facts of the case. Destroying the note she had left behind, she happily realizes for the first time the greatness of her husband's love for her.
With no prints ofHalf an Hour located in any film archives, it is considered alost film.[4]
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