Dollar Down is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Tod Browning.[3] A print in the UCLA Film and Television Archive has one of its six reels missing.[4] Filmed in April 1924 at the F.B.O Studios in Santa Monica, California,[5][6] Dollar Down was the first of two features produced by star Ruth Roland and Browning's production company, Co-Artists Productions.[7]

Dollar Down
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Directed byTod Browning
Screenplay byFrederick Stowers
Story byJane Courthope
Ethel Hill
Produced byRuth Roland
StarringRuth Roland
Henry B. Walthall
CinematographyAllen Q. Thompson
Production
company
Co-Artists Productions
Distributed byTruart Film Corporation
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Release date
  • October 11, 1925 (1925-10-11)
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Running time
6 reels (6318 feet)[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

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As described in a film magazine reviews,[8] Alec Craig has a fine position as general manager of a manufacturing firm, but his wife and daughter almost ruin him with their extravagance. They buy everything on the part payment plan, and their daughter Ruth pawns a ring that is not paid for to raise money with which to give an elaborate party. A man tricks her into disclosing the fact that her father’s company has an option on a valuable piece of land. Suspicion falls on Alec and he is about to lose his position. Ruth takes the blame, prevents the man from exercising the option, and a niece of Alec’s redeems the pawned ring.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Howe, Willard C., ed. (September 19, 1925). "Production Charts With Release Dates of Coming Productions (continued)". Exhibitor's Trade Review. Vol. 18, no. 18. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: Exhibitor's Review Publishing Corporation. p. 50 – via Archive.org.
  2. ^ Johnston, William A., ed. (May 8, 1926). "Dollar Down". Motion Picture News. Vol. 33, no. 19 (Booking Guide ed.). New York. p. 26 – via Archive.org.
  3. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Dollar Down". Silent Era. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
  4. ^ "Dollar Down". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  5. ^ Quigley, Martin J., ed. (April 5, 1924). "F.B.O." Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 18, no. 15. Chicago, Illinois. p. 45 – via Archive.org.
  6. ^ Quigley, Martin J., ed. (April 19, 1924). "Herald's Studio Directory". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 18, no. 17. Chicago, Illinois. p. 28 – via Archive.org.
  7. ^ Johnston, William A., ed. (March 15, 1924). "Cast Selected For Ruth Roland Feature". Motion Picture News. Vol. 24, no. 11. Albany, New York. p. 1185 – via Archive.org.
  8. ^ "New Pictures: Dollar Down", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (12), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 53, September 12, 1925, retrieved September 5, 2022   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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