The Story Without a Name explained

The Story Without a Name
Director:Irvin Willat
Producer:Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Starring:Agnes Ayres
Cinematography:Harold Rosson
Distributor:Paramount Pictures
Runtime:6 reels
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

The Story Without a Name is a 1924 American silent melodrama film directed by Irvin Willat and based on a novel by Arthur Stringer, which was published in conjunction with the film. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures and stars Agnes Ayres.[1] A contest run by Photoplay magazine asked viewers to select a title for the film for a prize of $5,000, with the alternative title Without Warning selected as the winning entry.

A 1952 film noir with the title Without Warning! had a working title of The Story Without a Name, but the plots of the two films are quite different.[2]

Preservation

With no prints of The Story Without a Name located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/StoryWithoutAName1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Story Without a Name
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
  3. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9558/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Story Without a name