Nice People (film) explained

Nice People
Director:	William C. deMille
Producer:	Adolph Zukor
Starring:	Wallace Reid Bebe Daniels Julia Faye
Cinematography:	L. Guy Wilky
Studio:	Famous Players–Lasky
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures
Runtime:	70 minutes (7 reels)
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Nice People is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by William C. deMille and starring Wallace Reid and Bebe Daniels. The movie is based on the 1921 Broadway play of the same name by Rachel Crothers that had starred Tallulah Bankhead, Francine Larrimore, and Katharine Cornell.^[1] Vincent Coleman played Reid's part of the Captain.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Cast

• Wallace Reid as Captain Billy Wade
• Bebe Daniels as Theodora Gloucester (played by Francine Larrimore on Broadway)
• Conrad Nagel as Scotty White
• Julia Faye as Hallie Livingston (played by Tallulah Bankhead on Broadway)
• Claire McDowell as Margaret Rainsford
• Edward Martindel as Hubert Gloucester
• Eve Southern as Eileen Baxter-Jones (played by Katharine Cornell on Broadway)
• Bertram Johns as Trevor Leeds
• William Boyd as Oliver Comstock
• Ethel Wales as Mrs. Heyfer

Preservation

With no prints of Nice People located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[5]

See also

• The House That Shadows Built (1931 promotional film by Paramount with excerpt of this film)
• Wallace Reid filmography

External links

• • • Film still with Bebe Daniels at silenthollywood.com

Notes and References

1. Pictorial History of the American Theatre 1860-1970 pp. 186 & 188 c.1970 updated edition by Daniel Blum
2. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/N/NicePeople1922.html Progressive Silent Film List: Nice People
3. http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=9046 Original Broadway production of Nice People; March 1921-June 1921
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20150921090121/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=10964 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Nice People
5. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.7847/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Nice People