Never Say Die (1924 film) explained

Never Say Die
Director:	George Crone
Producer:	Douglas MacLean
Starring:	Douglas MacLean Lillian Rich Helen Ferguson
Cinematography:	Jack MacKenzie
Studio:	Douglas MacLean Productions
Distributor:	Associated Exhibitors
Runtime:	60 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Never Say Die is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by George Crone and starring Douglas MacLean, Lillian Rich, and Helen Ferguson.^{[1] [2]} The film is based on the play of the same name by American playwright William H. Post.

Plot

Millionaire Jack Woodbury is given one month to live by his doctors and agrees to marry a penniless woman so she can inherit his fortune after his death.

Production

The film was shot at FBO Studios in Hollywood in March 1924.^[3]

Release

Never Say Die was released in August 1924. It was distributed in Germany by Phoebus Film. Its Berlin premiere in Kurfürstendamm made headlines in German newspapers after theatregoers booed and caused a disturbance.^[4]

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

Notes and References

1. Munden p. 540
2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/N/NeverSayDie1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: Never Say Die
3. News: New Units Operating at Big F.B.O. Studios . Canadian Moving Picture Digest. March 22, 1934 . 12.
4. Book: Thomas J. Saunders . Hollywood in Berlin: American Cinema and Weimar Germany . 1994 . 9780520914162.