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peter pan
when paramount bought the rights to the delightful james m. barrie story every actress in hollywood wanted the role of peter pan made famous on the stage by maude adams . mary pickford lillian gish and even gloria swanson thought they were perfect for the role but barries own choice was betty bronson a virtual unknown . the story is familiar to nearly everyone . when mr. and mrs. darling cyril chadwick and esther ralston go to a party they leave their children wendy mary brian michael philippe de lacey and john jack murphy in the care of their dog nana . but peter bronson shows up with the fairy tinker bell virginia brown faire and they take the children to never never land . they have a series of adventures with the lost boys and defeat captain hook ernest torrence and his band of pirates . finally the children return home to mrs. darling who is overjoyed to have them back . she adopts the lost boys and offers to take peter in too but he refuses to grow up and flies away after promising to visit wendy every year . an interesting side note although she had no involvement in casting brian as wendy ralston had discovered her a couple of years earlier while judging a beauty contest . janiss garza all movie guide . br br new transfer from 35mm archive elements orchestral score by phillip c. carli essay by film historian frederick c. szebin photo gallery of production stills and promotional material reminiscences by actress esther ralston .
dvd not rated 102 minutes kino on video release date 11 23 1999
actors ernest torrence philippe delacy esther ralston mary brian cyril chadwick jack murphy anna may wong george ali betty bronson virginia brown faire created by stage pcm created date 2014 08 22 21 17 08.0 duration 102 dvd region code 1 languages english modified by stage pcm modified date 2015 03 27 19 37 08.0 mpaa rating not rated record label kino release date 943920000000 studio & production company team marketing