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Chadwick Pictures Corporation

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Foundation date 1 january 1915

Chadwick Pictures Corporation est à l'origine une société de distribution américaine créée en 1915 qui se lance en 1924 dans la production cinématographique à la demande de Larry Semon dont la Larry Semon Productions est en difficulté.
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Filmography of Chadwick Pictures Corporation (7 films)

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Production

The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1925)
, 1h20
Directed by Larry Semon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Le pays d'Oz, Children's films
Actors Larry Semon, Bryant Washburn, Dorothy Dwan, Virginia Pearson, Oliver Hardy, Charles Murray

A toymaker (Semon) reads L. Frank Baum's book to his granddaughter. The Land of Oz is ruled by Prime Minister Kruel (Josef Swickard), aided by Ambassador Wikked (Otto Lederer), Lady Vishuss (Virginia Pearson), and the Wizard (Charles Murray), a "medicine-show hokum hustler". When the discontented people, led by Prince Kynd (Bryant Washburn), demand the return of the princess, who disappeared while a baby many years before, so she can be crowned their rightful ruler, Kruel has the Wizard distract them with a parlor trick: making a female impersonator (Frederick Ko Vert) appear out of a seemingly empty basket. Kruel sends Wikked on a mission.
The Midnight Girl
The Midnight Girl (1925)
, 1h24
Directed by Wilfred Noy
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lila Lee, Gareth Hughes, Bela Lugosi, Dolores Cassinelli, Charlotte Walker, Flora Finch

Lugosi plays, according to an intertitle, "Nicholas Harmon, the immensely wealthy patron of music" who "loved his weaknesses — and his favorite weakness was Nina," his mistress, an opera singer whose voice is faltering. His stepson Don, an orchestra conductor, rejects the attentions of a society girl. Don becomes estranged from his stepfather in an argument, and leaves to succeed on his own. He helps the career of Anna, a newly arrived singer from Russia who becomes a nightclub star, the "Midnight Girl". Harmon sees her perform, and is entranced. He invites her to his apartment, where his attempts to seduce her become forceful. Anna fires at gun at him, but hits instead Nina, who has been hiding behind a curtain. Harmon realizes how much he loves Nina, and cradles her in his arms. At the end of the story, Don has married Anna, who is now a leading opera singer, and Harmon has married Nina.
Her Boy Friend
Her Boy Friend (1924)
, 20minutes
Directed by Larry Semon, Noel M. Smith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors Oliver Hardy, Larry Semon, Dorothy Dwan, Alma Bennett, Frank Alexander, Spencer Bell

Méthode Jeune et belle Iva espionne pour la police au Dropem Inn, un club sordide que le suspect de la police est un front pour une opération de contrebande dirigé par gangster Slim Chance. Chance découvre l'identité de Iva et la kidnappe, et le chef de la police envoie son fils un peu maladroit à son secours.
Kid Speed
Kid Speed (1924)
, 20minutes
Directed by Larry Semon, Noel M. Smith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Oliver Hardy, Larry Semon, Dorothy Dwan, Frank Alexander, William Hauber, Grover Ligon

« The tale is told of two men bold, Both loving a maiden fair. To decide the case they entered a race the loser to take the air. »— Carton d'introduction

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