| ~Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model~ 1924 |
| ~Claire Windsor~ |
| ~Cast~ Claire Windsor ... Nellie Betsy Ann Hisle ... Nellie at age 5 Edmund Lowe ... Jack Carroll Mae Busch ... Polly Joy Raymond Griffith ... Shorty Burchell Lew Cody ... Walter Peck Hobart Bosworth ... Thomas Lipton / Robert Horton Lilyan Tashman ... Nita Dorothy Cumming ... Mrs. Horton Will Walling ... Blizzard Dugan Mayme Kelso ... Miss Drake William Orlamond ... Mosely Arthur Housman ... Gangster David Kirby ... Gangster Ina Anson ... Model |
| ~Promotional display for the film in at a local store near The California Theater~ |
| Directed by: Emmett J. Flynn Written by: Owen Davis - play H.H. Van Loan - adaptation Based on the play Nellie the Beautiful Cloak Model; a Modern Panoramic Melodrama in 4 Acts and 15 Scenes by Owen Davis (publication undetermined). |
Nellie Horton, when mistreated by her father, is taken in charge by Thomas Lipton. She grows up in
poverty not knowing her true identity as the heiress to her mother's millions. Upon the death of her
benefactor, she becomes a model in a fashionable shop. There she falls into the hands of her
mother's unscrupulous nephew, who contrives to do away with her in order to obtain her fortune.
His final plan to destroy her is foiled when her lover, Jack Carroll, rescues her from the tracks of a
speeding train. Finally, Nellie (Allyn Horton) is reunited with her mother and finds happiness.
Plot Synopsis from afi.com
poverty not knowing her true identity as the heiress to her mother's millions. Upon the death of her
benefactor, she becomes a model in a fashionable shop. There she falls into the hands of her
mother's unscrupulous nephew, who contrives to do away with her in order to obtain her fortune.
His final plan to destroy her is foiled when her lover, Jack Carroll, rescues her from the tracks of a
speeding train. Finally, Nellie (Allyn Horton) is reunited with her mother and finds happiness.
Plot Synopsis from afi.com
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| ~Claire Windsor~ |
| ~191-66: Claire Windsor & Lew Cody~ |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Produced by: Goldwyn Pictures Corporation Distributed by: Goldwyn-Cosmopolitan Distributing Corporation Executive Producer: Samuel Goldwyn Cinematography by: Lucien N. Andriot Director of Photography: Paul Ivano Length: 7 Reels Runtime: 70 Minutes Released: April 16, 1924 |
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