Peter Pan
Peter Pan (film).The celebrated British play of 1904 has rarely been tackled by the cinema. For the major silent version (USA, 1924), the author J. M. Barrie himself approved the casting of boyish 18‐year‐old newcomer Betty Bronson as Peter. The Chinese‐American actress Anna May Wong, playing the redskin princess Tiger Lily, was only 17 but had appeared on screen before, notably in Fairbanks's The Thief of Bagdad . Complementing these youngsters were veterans such as the eye‐rolling Ernest Torrence as Hook, and George Ali who, inside a dog costume, repeated a performance as Nana the nurse that he had given many times on stage. Most other elements of the film, including the use of wires to accomplish the flying scenes, also followed the stage production closely. The only significant difference is that whereas on stage Tinker Bell the fairy is...
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