The Humming Bird (1924 film) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Humming Bird is a 1924 silent film crime drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky

Famous Players-Lasky

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company created on July 19, 1916 from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company -- originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays -- and Jesse L...

and distributed by Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...

. It was based on a play by Maude Fulton

Maude Fulton

Maude Fulton was a Broadway stage actress who later became a Hollywood screenwriter. She was the daughter of Titus Parker Fulton and Lulu Belle Couchman. She was stenographer, telegraph operator, and short story writer before becoming an actress. She first appeared on the stage at Aberdeen, South...

who also starred on Broadway. It was directed by Sidney Olcott at Paramount's East Coast Studios and starred Gloria Swanson.

Cast

Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson was an American actress, singer and producer. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Academy Award in the...

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Edmund Burns - Randall Carey
William Ricciardi - Papa Jacques
Cesare Gravina - Charlot
Mario Majeroni - La Roche
Adrienne D'Ambricourt - The Owl
Helen Lindroth - Henrietta Rutherford
Rafael Bonqini - Bouchet
Regina Quinn - Beatrice
Aurelio Coccia - Bosque
Jacques D'Auray - Zi-Zi

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