A Message from Mars (1921 film)

A Message from Mars
Advertising for A Message from Mars on The Film Daily (April 17, 1921).
Directed by Maxwell Karger
Written by Arthur Zellner
Arthur Maude
Based on A Message from Mars
by Richard Ganthony
Starring Bert Lytell
Raye Dean
Maude Milton
Cinematography Arthur Martinelli
Production
company
Distributed by Metro Pictures
Release date
  • April 11, 1921 (1921-04-11) (US)[1]
Running time
 6 reels
Country United States
Language Silent film
(English intertitles)

A Message from Mars is a 1921 American silent fantasy comedy film directed by Maxwell Karger and starring Bert Lytell, Raye Dean, and Maude Milton. It is based on the 1899 play with the same name by Richard Ganthony. The film was released by Metro Pictures on April 11, 1921.[2][3][4]

Production

A Message from Mars was shot at Metro's studio on 61st Street in Manhattan. No art director is credited for the film; M.P. Staulcup or Lester J. Vermilyea are held up as likely candidates by historian Richard Koszarski, as both were known to work on Metro's New York films. [5]

Cast

  • Bert Lytell as Horace Parker
  • Raye Dean as Minnie Talbot
  • Maude Milton as Martha Parker
  • Alphonse Ethier as the messenger (credited as Alphonz Ethier)
  • Gordon Ash as Arthur Dicey
  • Leonard Mudie as Fred Jones
  • Mary Louise Beaton as Mrs. Jones
  • Frank Currier as Sir Edwards
  • George Spink as The butler

Preservation

A print is prepared and preserved by MGM.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "A Message from Mars". American Film Institute. Archived from the original on 2017-12-21. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  2. ↑ "A Message from Mars". afi.com. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "A Message from Mars". AllMovie. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "A Message from Mars". TCM.com. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. ↑ Koszarski, Richard. Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Rutgers University Press, 2008. p 114.
  6. ↑ American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: A Message from Mars
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