Silent Films

"Bert Roach - Bert"

"The Story of You and I, the man next door, told with a sweep of drama Magnificent and Amazing."

"We do not know how big the crowd is, and what opposition it is....until we get out of step with it."

"Lucy Beaumont - Mary's mother"

"When John was twenty-one he became one of the seven million that believe New York depends on them."

"Alice Mildred Puter - daughter"

"Flapper: [to John] Oh, Gee, Baby! How did the angels ever let you leave Heaven?"

"When Life Beats You Down to Your Knees -See How to Fight Back and WIN!"

"Eleanor Boardman - Mary Sims"

"Dell Henderson - Dick"

"[singing to the ukelele] Wife and I are happy And everything is swell; It's heavenly inside our flat But outside it is El!"

"Take it from me, marriage isn't a word....it's a sentence!"

"[laughing at a juggling clown] The poor sap! And I bet his father thought he would be President!"

"Estelle Clark - Jane"

"A powerful drama of modern marriage- a marriage that goes smash, and how it is saved. See yourself in "THE CROWD.""

"Freddie Burke Frederick - "Junior""

"Johnny Sims reached the age of twelve. He recited poetry, played piano and sang in a choir....so did Lincoln and Washington!"

"During the next five years two eventful things happened to the Simses. A baby sister was born....and John received an $8 raise."

"Stranger: [on the NYC ferry] You've gotta be good in that town if you want to beat the crowd."

"Look at that crowd! The poor boobs....all in the same rut!"

"James Murray - John Sims"

"Daniel G. Tomlinson - Jim"

"[to Paul] If anything happens to me, the boat and a sum of money belong to you. Everything else that I own will go to Miss Stope."

"[to John] You remind me of the cast-iron dog that used to stand on our lawn. I talked to it by the hour, but it just rusted away... cold and indifferent to the last."

"Gimme a kiss, Millie. Gimme a kiss, or I'll put you in the swamp!"

"Nigel De Brulier as Lichfield Stope."

"Virginia Valli as Millie Stope."

"Charles A. Post as Iscah Nicholas."

"From across the still water came the languorous perfume of oleanders and orange blossoms."

"Don't you feel any response at all in your heart... the slightest return for my longing?"

"Mystery, the insidious scents of earth, the veiled lure of sex. Life's traps were set with just such treacheries...!"

"Wild Oranges, at first surprisingly bitter, but after a moment pungent and zestful with a never-to-be-forgotten flavor."

"Please be nice to me, Millie. Something terrible will happen if you're not."

"Life is so dreadfully in the dark. There are maps to guide us to strange places, but none for souls."

"Thrust unwillingly into the horror of the Civil War, Litchfield Stope had been stricken with the curse of fear, and the obsession had descended upon his granddaughter Millie."

"John Woolfolk's loss of his young bride turned him against the world. He dreaded to be ensnared again by love, lest the cup of happiness once more be dashed from his lips, and for three years he had found a haven of solitude upon the vast wastes of the sea. Paul Halvard, cook and sailor, was his only companion."

"Frank Mayo as John Woolfolk."

"Ford Sterling as Paul Halvard."

"Andre Lacombe as The dog hunter"

"Tchéky Karyo as Tom"

"Jack Wallace as Bill"

"[last lines; shooing the bear cub away] Good luck, little fella."

"[speaks to the bear cub] I... Tom."

"Bart the Bear as The Kodiak Bear"

"[first lines; examining bear tracks] That's a huge male; bet he's more'n fifteen hundred pounds."

"Youk the Bear as The Bear Cub"

"You see, I don't like to ask folks questions; everyone has a secret side. By God, that's the way it should be."

"James Pierce — Frank James"

"Nora Lane — Zerelda Mimms"

"Montagu Love — Frederick Mimms"