Classified (1925 film) explained

Classified
Director:Alfred Santell
Scott Beal (assistant)
Producer:Corinne Griffith
Starring:Corinne Griffith
Cinematography:Harold Rosson
Editing:Cyril Gardner
Distributor:First National Pictures
Runtime:7 reels
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

Classified is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Alfred Santell and produced by and starring Corinne Griffith. It was based on a novel by Edna Ferber and distributed through First National Pictures.[1]

The film was remade as Hard to Get by First National (subsidiary by Warner Brothers) in 1929 as an early talkie for Dorothy Mackaill, a Corinne Griffith rival at First National.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, a telephone operator in the classified advertisement department of a metropolitan daily newspaper longs to get away from her drab surroundings and onto Fifth Avenue. She accepts many invitations from men to ride down the avenue with them in their cars, but up to the time she meets one rich young man is successful in evading their advances. Then she meets a handsome chap who drives a flivver, and, despite its poor condition, is interested in him nevertheless. One night after a motor trip into the country that does not end well, she decides that it is the man of the flivver she wants.

Preservation

A print of Classified has been preserved at the Library of Congress and the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research.[2] [3] [4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3331 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Classified
  2. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2658/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Classified
  3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress, p. 31, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
  4. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/Classified1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: Classified