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Are Parents People?

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Are Parents People?
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Directed byMalcolm St. Clair
Written byFrances Agnew (adaptation)
Based onAre Parents People?
by Alice Duer Miller
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse L. Lasky
StarringBetty Bronson
Florence Vidor
Adolphe Menjou
George Beranger
Lawrence Gray
CinematographyBert Glennon
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 14, 1925 (1925-07-14)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Are Parents People? is a 1925 American silent comedy film starring Betty Bronson, Florence Vidor, Adolphe Menjou, George Beranger, and Lawrence Gray. The film was directed by Malcolm St. Clair and released by Paramount Pictures.[1][2]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[3] Lita's parents are the victims of a divorce due to incompatibility and each want her to accompany them to Europe or Nevada. Lita, however, learns from the young Doctor Dacer, who seems interested in Lisa, that her parents are still in love with each other. She takes the blame of a girl friend at the boarding school, who is believed to have had an affair with "movie sheik" actor Maurice Mansfield, and is expelled. Her parents become so interested in her welfare that now have a mutual interest and become reconciled. The parents then learn that Lita was expelled for an other young woman's mischief.

Cast

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Are Parents People? is based on a story by Alice Duer Miller that first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post (May 5, 1923)

Preservation

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According to the SilentEra website, the film survives in a 16mm print.[4][5]

Home media

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The film was released on DVD on June 21, 2011.[6]

References

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  1. ^ IMDB entry
  2. ^ Magill's Survey of Silent Films, Vol. 1 A-FLA, p. 149, edited by Frank N. Magill c.1982 ISBN 0-89356-240-8 (3 book set ISBN 0-89356-239-4)
  3. ^ "New Pictures: Are Parents People?", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (13): 49, June 20, 1925, retrieved April 9, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Are Parents People? at silentera.com
  5. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Films Survival Catalog: Are Parents People?
  6. ^ Amazon entry for film
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