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Movie Detail Name Occurs Before Title Offscreen Credit Print Viewed By AFI Stub Record Peter Pan Director: Herbert Brenon (Dir) Release Date:   29 Dec 1924 Duration (in feet):   9,593 Duration (in reels):   10 Print this page Display Movie Summary Available Formats Image DVD VHS LaserDisk Kino DVD VHS LaserDisk Movies Unlimited DVD VHS LaserDisk Cast:   Betty Bronson (Peter Pan)       Ernest Torrence (Captain Hook)       Cyril Chadwick (Mr. Darling)       Virginia Brown Faire (Tinker Bell)       Anna May Wong (Tiger Lily)       Esther Ralston (Mrs. Darling)       George Ali (Nana, the dog)       Mary Brian (Wendy)       Philippe De Lacey (Michael)       Jack Murphy (John)   Summary: Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up, is looking for his shadow in the Darling nursery when he awakens the Darling children--Wendy, John, and Michael. Peter tells the children of Never-Never Land, teaches them to fly, and guides them to his forest home, where he is the king of the Little Lost Boys. Tinker Bell, a fairy, becomes jealous of Wendy and persuades one of the boys to shoot her with an arrow. Wendy recovers and is adopted by the boys as their mother. Captain Hook, a notorious pirate whose hand Peter once cut off, kidnaps the children after a fierce fight with Indians who are the children's friends and guardians. Peter, discovering that the children are missing, goes to the pirate ship and frees them. The children fight the pirates and subdue them. Captain Hook is forced to walk the plank. Peter then returns with the Darling children to their nursery. Wendy asks him to stay, but Peter refuses and returns to his home in the woods.  Production Company: Famous Players-Lasky Corp.   Distribution Company: Paramount Pictures   Director: Herbert Brenon (Dir) Producer: Adolph Zukor (Pres)   Jesse L. Lasky (Pres) Writer: Willis Goldbeck (Scr and adpt) Photography: James Howe (Dir of photog) Special Effects: Roy Pomeroy (Spec eff) Country: United States Language: English Music: Songs: Source Text: Based on the play Peter Pan by James M. Barrie (London, 27 Dec 1904). Authors: James Matthew Barrie Copyright Claimant Copyright Date Copyright Number Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 23/12/1924 dd/mm/yyyy LP20980 Physical Properties: b&w:   Si:   Genre: Fantasy   Subjects (Major): Children   Family life   Indians of North America   Jealousy   Kidnapping   Mythical lands   Pirates Bibliographic Sources:   Date   Page Film Daily   11 Jan 1925.    MPW   10 Jan 1925   p. 136. New York Times   29 Dec 24   p. 11. Photoplay   Mar 1925   p. 44. Variety   31 Dec 24   p. 26. Display Movie Summary

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