Shore Leave is a 1925

1925 in film

-Events:*November 5: The Big Parade holds its Grand Premier*December 30: premier of Ben-Hur the most expensive silent film ever made costing 4-6 million dollars -Top grossing films :...

 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by John S. Robertson

John S. Robertson

John Stuart Robertson was a Canadian born actor and later film director perhaps best known for his 1920 screen adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring John Barrymore. He broke into filmmaking in 1915 with Vitagraph, then with Famous Players-Lasky, making 57 features in his career...

 and starring Richard Barthelmess

Richard Barthelmess

Richard Semler "Dick" Barthelmess was an Oscar-nominated silent film star.-Early life:Barthelmess was educated at Hudson River Military Academy at Nyack and Trinity College at Hartford, Connecticut...

and Dorothy Mackaill

Dorothy Mackaill

Dorothy Mackaill was an English-born American actress, most notably of the silent film era and into the early 1930s.-Early life:...

. It was produced by Barthelmess's production company, Inspiration, and released by First National

First National

First National was an association of independent theater owners in the United States that expanded from exhibiting movies to distributing them, and eventually to producing them as a movie studio, called First National Pictures, Inc. It later merged with Warner Bros.-Early history:The First National...

 Pictures. The film is extant.

The film is taken from a stage play called Shore Leave, which ran on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre from August 8, 1922-December 1922 for a total of 151 performances. On stage the story starred James Rennie

James Rennie

James Rennie FRS was a Scottish naturalist.-Life:In 1815 he graduated M.A. from Glasgow University where he had previously studied natural sciences, and took holy orders. In 1821 he moved to London. From 1830 to 1834 he was professor of natural history and zoology at King's College. From then on...

 and Frances Starr in the leads played by Barthelmess and Mackaill in the film.

Cast

• Richard Barthelmess
  Richard Barthelmess
  Richard Semler "Dick" Barthelmess was an Oscar-nominated silent film star.-Early life:Barthelmess was educated at Hudson River Military Academy at Nyack and Trinity College at Hartford, Connecticut...
  
   - Blige Smith
• Dorothy Mackaill
  Dorothy Mackaill
  Dorothy Mackaill was an English-born American actress, most notably of the silent film era and into the early 1930s.-Early life:...
  
   - Connie Martin
• Ted McNamara - Bat Smith
• Nick Long - Captain Martin
• Marie Shotwell
  Marie Shotwell
  Marie Shotwell was an American actress of the stage and screen.Shotwell was in motion pictures beginning in 1915 with roles in God's Witness, The Taming of Mary, Under Southern Skies, and The Tale of the C. Her film career continued until the late 1920s, including Sally of the Sawdust with W.C...
  
   - Mrs. Schuyler-Payne
• Arthur Metcalfe - Mr. Schuyler-Payne
• Warren Cook
  Warren Cook
  Warren Cook was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 68 films between 1914 and 1927.He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in New York, New York...
  
  - Admiral Smith
• Samuel E. Hines - Chief Petty officer

External links

• Shore Leave at silentera.com