The Brass Bottle (1923 film)

The Brass Bottle
Directed by	Maurice Tourneur
Produced by	Maurice Tourneur
Written by	F. Anstey (novel, play: The Brass Bottle) Fred Myton (scenario)
Cinematography	Arthur L. Todd
Distributed by	First National Pictures (as Associated First National)
Release dates	January 2, 1923 September 21, 1924 (Finland)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Brass Bottle is a 1923 American silent fantasy comedy film produced and directed by Maurice Tourneur and distributed by First National Pictures. This story by novelist F. Anstey was produced as a Broadway play in 1910. A 1914 silent followed. Both silent versions are lost.^[1] A colorful 1964 sound version appeared starring Tony Randall and Barbara Eden ^[2]^[3]^[4]

Anstey's story was later a major influence on the television show I Dream of Jeannie of which Barbara Eden starred.

Cast

Harry Myers – Horace Ventimore
Ernest Torrence – Fakresh-el-Aamash
Tully Marshall – Professor Hamilton
Clarissa Selwynne – Mrs. Hamilton
Ford Sterling – Rapkin
Aggie Herring – Mrs. Rapkin
Charlotte Merriam – Sylvia Hamilton
Edward Jobson – Samuel Wackerbath
Barbara La Marr – The Queen
Otis Harlan – Captain of the Guard
Hazel Keener –
Julanne Johnston –

References

↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Brass Bottle
↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Brass Bottle
↑ The Brass Bottle as produced on Broadway at the Lyceum Theatre, August 11, 1910 to September 1910; 44 performances; IBDb.com

External links

The Brass Bottle at the Internet Movie Database
The Brass Bottle; allmovie.com/ synopsis
Window card The Brass Bottle (item sold on eBay; but scroll down to bottom of page for reserved image of lobby card)

Films directed by Maurice Tourneur

1910s	Jean la Poudre (1913) The System of Doctor Goudron (1913) The Gaieties of the Squadron (1913) Tricks of Love (1913) The Last Pardon (1913) The Cameo (1913) Mother (1914) The Man of the Hour (1914) The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914) The Red Promenade (1914) The Pit (1914) The Sparrow (1914) Monsieur Lecoq (1914) The Secret of the Well (1914) Alias Jimmy Valentine (1915) Trilby (1915) The Cub (1915) The Ivory Snuff Box (1915) The Butterfly on the Wheel (1915) The Pawn of Fate (1915) The Hand of Peril (1916) The Closed Road (1916) The Velvet Paw (1916) The Rail Rider (1916) A Girl's Folly (1916) The Whip (1917) The Undying Flame (1917) Exile (1917) The Law of the Land (1917) The Pride of the Clan (1917) The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917) Barbary Sheep (1917) The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1917) Rose of the World (1917) The Blue Bird (1918) Prunella (1918) A Doll's House (1918) The Sporting Life (1918) Woman (1918) My Lady's Garter (1919) The White Heather (1919) The Life Line (1919) Victory (1919) The Broken Butterfly (1919)

1920s	The County Fair (1920) The Great Redeemer (1920) While Paris Sleeps (1920) Treasure Island (1920) The White Circle (1920) Deep Waters (1920) The Last of the Mohicans (1920) The Bait (1921) The Foolish Matrons (1921) Lorna Doone (1922) The Brass Bottle (1923) The Christian (1923) The Isle of Lost Ships (1923) Jealous Husbands (1923) Torment (1924) The White Moth (1924) The Sporting Life (1925) Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925) Clothes Make the Pirate (1925) Aloma of the South Seas (1926) Old Loves and New (1926) The Crew (1928) The Ship of Lost Souls (1929)

1930s	Accused, Stand Up! (1930) Fun in the Barracks (1932) L'Homme mystérieux (1933) The Two Orphans (1933) Justin de Marseille (1934) Le Voleur (1934) Koenigsmark (1935) Samson (1936) With a Smile (1936) The Patriot (1938) Katia (1938)

1940s	Volpone (1941) La Min du diable (1943) Cécile est morte (1944) After Love (1948) Dilemma of Two Angels (1948)

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