Dollar Down

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Dollar Down (1925)

Directed by Tod Browning

Drama · 1h 00m

Just before he propelled the crime melodrama to new, macabre heights in The Unholy Three, Browning directed this partially lost morality tale pertaining to a different kind of horror: that of a middle-class family living beyond their means and falling prey to moneylenders. Produced by and starring Ruth Roland for FBO Studios, a small operation that later became RKO Pictures, Dollar Down follows Roland as the spendthrift daughter of a manufacturing firm’s general manager (Henry Walthall), who pawns a ring purchased on credit to throw an extravagant party and sends the family’s livelihood into a tailspin. Because its last reel completely disintegrated before it could be copied, the film remains an ultra-rare curio that nonetheless captures an important chapter in Browning’s career before his successful string of films made for MGM.

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Cast

Ruth Roland Ruth Craig Henry B. Walthall Alec Craig Mayme Kelso Mrs. Craig Earl Schenck Grant Elliot Claire McDowell Mrs. Meadows Roscoe Karns Gene Meadows Jane Mercer Betty Meadows Lloyd Whitlock Howard Steele Otis Harlan Norris Edward W. Borman Tilton
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Newton Hall Little Boy Pat Wing Little Girl

Crew

Director
Tod Browning
Director of Photography
Allen Q. Thompson
Producer
Ruth Roland

Details

Release date
1925-09-20
Runtime
1h 00m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
Co-Artists Productions