Peter Pan

Peter Pan
by Herbert Brenon

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Actor: Betty Bronson, Cyril Chadwick, Esther Ralston, Jack Murphy, Mary Brian
Director: Herbert Brenon
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Silent
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-11-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kino Video

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Movie Review: A Magical Journey
Summary: 4 Stars

Peter Pan is a classic story that never gets old. Children love the idea of being able to fly to a wonderful place of fun and imagination, and adults love to go back to a time when they felt the same way.

As always, Peter Pan is played by a woman, this time she is Betty Bronson. Although hardly a recognizable name today, Bronson worked very hard to win the role over the top names of the day. Alongside her are actresses Esther Ralston as Mrs. Darling, Mary Brian as Wendy, and Anna Mae Wong as Tiger Lily. Ernest Torrence makes a great Captain Hook, though one might not expect him to.

The only strange thing about this film is that all of the animals are played by people in fuzzy suits. There is a dog, a crocodile, and wolves played by people. The special effects are pretty good; the flying children look good for the time period and Tinker Bell is done very well. However, sometimes it is obvious that people and objects are being pulled by strings, and there is a major error in the beginning. When Peter Pan is trying to stick his shadow back on, the light in the room casts a real shadow onto the floor.

All of these things aside, this is a really entertaining film. The sequences in Neverland seem very short because they are so fun, and the story really pulls at your heartstrings. The central theme of family is very prevalant.

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Summary of Peter Pan

J.M. Barrie's play about the boy who refused to grow up has become a stage classic and a revival standard, but in the movies Disney's animated musical version remains the most famous incarnation. Nearly forgotten is the original 1924 live-action version, a lavish silent fantasy that captures the fairy tale magic of flying children, wicked pirates, and a wondrous storybook land where kids never grow up. Tomboyish Betty Bronson, with an innocent smile and a mischievous spontaneity, is the eternally adolescent boy while towering Ernest Torrence (the burly comic actor best known as Buster Keaton's gruff father in Steamboat Bill Jr.) plays a gleefully flamboyant Captain Hook. This faithful adaptation flies from the Darling nursery to the thick tangle of the Lost Boys' forest, where elaborate, cartoonishly exaggerated animal costumes wander the trails and a floating ball of fairy light reveals herself as a lovely, petite girl in a gossamer gown and glowing hair. A curious thread of American patriotism peaks in the pirate ship climax when the Lost Boys replace the Jolly Roger with the stars and stripes and fly the ship into the stars. Long thought lost, a beautiful 35mm print was recovered years ago and serves as the basis for this restoration. Anna May Wong costars as Princess Tiger Lily, and a fine new score by Philip C. Carli accompanies the film.

The DVD also features a 30-minute interview with costar Esther Ralston, an essay by film historian Frederick C. Szebin, and a treasure-trove of archival stills and promotion materials in a photo gallery. --Sean Axmaker

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