Drusilla with a Million

Drusilla with a Million is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by F. Harmon Weight and written by Lois Zellner. It is based on the 1916 novel Drusilla With a Million by Elizabeth Cooper. The film stars Mary Carr, Priscilla Bonner, Kenneth Harlan, Henry A. Barrows, William J. Humphrey, and Claire Du Brey.[1] The film was released on June 18, 1925, by Film Booking Offices of America.[2][3][4]

Drusilla with a Million
Still with Carr
Directed byF. Harmon Weight
Screenplay byLois Zellner
Based onDrusilla With a Million
by Elizabeth Cooper
StarringMary Carr
Priscilla Bonner
Kenneth Harlan
Henry A. Barrows
William J. Humphrey
Claire Du Brey
CinematographyH. Lyman Broening
Production
company
Associated Arts Corporation
Distributed byFilm Booking Offices of America
Release date
  • June 18, 1925 (1925-06-18)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[5] Drusilla Doane, an inmate of an Old Ladies Home, when left $1,000,000 by Elias Arnold and uses the money to care for cast away children. Elias has also disinherited his son Collin. One of the babies now being cared for belongs to Sally May, the bride of Collin and a former orphanage inmate. Drusilla is brought into court because she has taken the child. Sally May is arrested for having left her husband, the reason being that his former fiancée influenced her to do so. The court rules in favor of Drusilla and Sally May, the bride and her husband are reunited.

Cast

Preservation status

A print of Drusilla with a Million resides in the Lobster Film archive, Paris.[6]

References
  1. Exhibitor's Trade Review (May-Aug 1925). MBRS Library of Congress. New York, Exhibitor's trade review, inc. 1925.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. "Drusilla With a Million (1925) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  3. Janiss Garza. "Drusilla with a Million (1925) - Harmon Weight". AllMovie. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  4. "Drusilla with a Million". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
  5. "New Pictures: Drusilla with a Million", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (12): 59, June 13, 1925, retrieved April 3, 2022 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  6. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Drusilla with a Million
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