''Half-A-Dollar-Bill'' is a surviving 1924 American
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...
directed by
W. S. Van Dyke and starring
Anna Q. Nilsson
Anna Quirentia Nilsson (March 30, 1888 – February 11, 1974) was a Swedish-American actress who achieved success in American silent movies.
Early life
Nilsson was born in Ystad, Sweden in 1888. Her middle name Quirentia is derived from her ...
. It was produced by an independent company and released through
Metro Pictures
Metro Pictures Corporation was a motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leased f ...
.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, Captain Duncan McTeague, ashore in Southport, finds a deserted baby boy with a note and half of a dollar bill pinned to its clothing. The note states that the mother hopes some day to return and identify the child with the other half of the dollar bill. McTeague raises the child. When he is four years old, the captain discharges his mate Martin Webber, who seeks revenge by kidnapping the boy. A woman turns up who proves to be the missing mother. Webber is killed and the mother and Captain McTeague are united.
Cast
Preservation
A copy of ''Half-A-Dollar-Bill'' is held by the
Cinematheque Royale de Belgique
CINEMATEK (Dutch: Koninklijk Belgisch Filmarchief; French: Cinémathèque royale de Belgique; English: Royal Belgian Film Archive) is a film archive in Brussels, Belgium.
The archive was established in 1938 under the name Royal Belgian Film Archi ...
.
Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Half-A-Dollar-Bill''
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References
External links
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Australian daybill; long poster
1924 films
American silent feature films
Films directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Metro Pictures films
1924 drama films
Silent American drama films
American black-and-white films
1920s American films
1920s English-language films
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