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Zander the Great
(1925) American
B&W : Seven reels / 6844 feet
Directed by George Hill

Cast: Marion Davies, Harrison Ford, Hobart Bosworth, Harry Myers, Hedda Hopper, Jack Huff, Emily Fitzroy, Holbrook Blinn, Charles Chaplin [Davies’ stunt double]

Cosmopolitan Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation. / Scenario by Frances Marion and Lillie Hayward, from the play Zander the Great by [?] Edward Fields (according to Eames-MGM p. 20) or Salisbury Field (according to Davies-Times p. ?)? / Released 2 May 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / According to Davies-Times p. 43, Chaplin (dressed as Davies) did the stunt work in the lion’s cage.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists film archive.

Listing updated: 17 July 2003.

References: Davies-Times pp. 42-43, 44, 90; Eames-MGM p. 20; FilmDaily-1926 p. 59; Sweeney-Coming p. 84.

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