Lawful Larceny
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5503 feet
Directed by Allan Dwan
Cast: Hope Hampton [Marion Dorsey], Conrad Nagel [Andrew Dorsey], Nita Naldi [Vivien Hepburn], Lew Cody [Guy Tarlow], Russell Griffin [Sonny Dorsey], Yvonne Hughes [Billie Van de Vere], Dolores Costello [Nora, a maid], Gilda Gray [a dancer at the Rendez-Vous], Florence O’Denishawn [a dancer at the Rendez-Vous], Alice Maison [a dancer at the Rendez-Vous]
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / From an adaptation by John Lynch of the play Lawful Larceny by Samuel Shipman. Production management by John Lynch. Cinematography by Hal Rosson (Harold Rosson). Presented by Adolph Zukor. / © 18 July 1923 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP19247]. Premiered 22 July 1923 in New York, New York. Released 2 September 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was subsequently filmed as Lawful Larceny (1930).
Drama.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost : Only about six minutes of the film has survived.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 30 April 2014.
References: Bogdanovich-Dwan p. 65; Brownlow-Parade p. 99; Jewell-RKO p. 28; Sweeney-Coming p. 59 : Website-AFI.
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