The Uninvited Guest (1924 film)
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The Uninvited Guest was a drama film
directed by Ralph Ince
, and starring Maurice "Lefty" Flynn
, Jean Tolley, Mary MacLaren
, William Bailey
, and Louis Wolheim
. The film was shot partially in the Bahamas, and was released by Metro Pictures
a few months before the merger that created Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
.
The film had a sequence filmed in Technicolor
, but is now considered a lost film
.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Ralph Ince
Ralph Ince
Ralph Ince , was an American film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed 171 films between 1910 and 1937. He also appeared in 110 films between 1907 and 1937....
, and starring Maurice "Lefty" Flynn
Maurice Bennett Flynn
Maurice Bennett Flynn was an American footballer and actor. He was also known as "Lefty" Flynn because in football, he kicked with his left foot.-Biography:...
, Jean Tolley, Mary MacLaren
Mary MacLaren
Mary MacLaren was an American film actress. She appeared in 136 films between 1916 and 1949.Born Mary MacDonald in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, she received her education at Greensburgh , Pennsylvania...
, William Bailey
William Bailey
William Bailey was an American actor. He appeared in 222 films between 1911 and 1959. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Bailey died in Hollywood, California in 1962 at the age of 76.-Selected filmography:...
, and Louis Wolheim
Louis Wolheim
Louis Wolheim was an American character actor.His trademark broken nose was the result of an injury sustained while playing football for Cornell University. Despite his rugged visage, Wolheim was intelligent and cultivated, speaking French, German, Spanish, and Yiddish. He was also a mathematics...
. The film was shot partially in the Bahamas, and was released by Metro Pictures
Metro Pictures
Metro Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company founded in late 1915 by Richard A. Rowland . Louis B. Mayer who worked for Metro Pictures Corporation early on. It is not to be confused with MGM which is a much later franchise concerning itself, Goldwyn and Louis B....
a few months before the merger that created Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer...
.
The film had a sequence filmed in Technicolor
Technicolor
Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952...
, but is now considered a lost film
Lost film
A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons...
.