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1924 film by Sidney Olcott

The Humming Bird
Lobby card
Directed bySidney Olcott
Written byForrest Halsey (scenario)
Based onThe Humming Bird
by Maude Fulton
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
StarringGloria Swanson
CinematographyHarry Fischbeck
Edited byPatricia Rooney
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • January 13, 1924 (1924-01-13)
Running time80 mins.
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Colonial Theater Ad, 1924

The Humming Bird (also known as Les loups de Montmartre) is a 1924 American silent crime drama film directed by Sidney Olcott and starring Gloria Swanson. Produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is based on the play of the same name by Maude Fulton, who also starred in the Broadway production.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Toinette, alias "The Humming Bird" and member of the Apaches, commits many successful robberies in Paris while disguised as a young man. She falls in love with Randall Carey, an American newspaper correspondent. Randall joins the army when war breaks out. Toinette persuades her Apache confederate to enlist. She is jailed, but escapes during a Zeppelin bombardment and joins her wounded lover at his aunt's residence. The authorities pardon her and she finds happiness with Randall.

Cast

Production

The film was shot at the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens.

Preservation

A print of The Humming Bird is housed at the Library of Congress and the Nederlands Filmmuseum.

References

  1. White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog Of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 368. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Humming Bird at silentera.com
  3. Pardy, George T. (January 26, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: The Humming Bird". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (10). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 27. Retrieved July 25, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature film Survival Catalog: The Humming Bird
  5. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 85, c.1978 by The American Film Institute

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Films directed by Sidney Olcott
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  • Bowser's House Cleaning
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  • The Tenderfoot
  • Off for the Day
  • The Sea Wolf
  • The Parson's Picnic
  • The Book Agent
  • A One Night Stand
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  • The Wooing of Miles Standish
  • Nature Fakirs
  • The Amateur Detective
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  • Chinese Slave Smuggling
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  • Nathan Hale
  • The Goldbrick
  • It Was Mother-in-Law
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  • Bill Butt-in and the Burglar
  • Troubles of a Tramp
  • The Lost Mine
  • Woman Cruel Woman
  • A Dramatic Rhearsal
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  • Ben Hur
1908
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  • Mountainers
  • Dogs of Fashion
  • Quack Doctors
  • Under the Star Splanged Banner
  • Evangeline
  • The Stowanay
  • College Days
  • The Banan'Man
  • Henry Hudson
  • Way Down East
  • Washington at Valley Forge
  • The Scarlet Letter
  • Captain Kid
  • The Moonshiner's Daughter
  • Night Riders
  • The Under Dog
  • Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • Kidnapped for Hate
  • Dolly the Circus Queen
  • The White Squaw Man
  • The Man Hunt
  • Enoch Arden
  • Lady Audley's Secret
  • Held by Bandits
  • The Little Madcap
  • Mrs Gunness, the Female Bluebeard
  • Dynamite Man
  • The Renegade
  • The New Hired Girl
  • A Gipsy Girl's Love
  • The Walls of Sing Sing
  • The Girl Nihilist
  • Robin Hood
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  • As You Like It
  • The Great Yellowstone Park Hold Up
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  • Hannah Dustin
  • A Ragged Hero
  • Maggie, the Dock Rat
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  • Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1909
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  • A Florida Feud
  • The Girl at the Old Mill
  • The Octoroon
  • The Detectives of the Italian Bureau
  • The High Diver
  • Sporting Days in the South
  • The Making of a Champion Pugilist
  • The New Minister
  • The Old Soldier's Story
  • The Seminomle's Vengeance
  • The Crackers Bride
  • Hungry Hank's Hallucination
  • The Mysterious Double
  • The Fish Pirates
  • The Orange Grower's Daughter
  • The Northern Schoolmaster
  • The Artist and the Girl
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  • Good for Evil
  • The Girl Spy: An Incident of the Civil War
  • A Poor Wife's Devotion
  • A Pig in a Poke
  • A Child of the Sea
  • The Omnibus Taxiclub
  • $5000 Reward
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  • The Mystic Swing
  • A Priest of the Wilderness
  • Mardi Gras in Havana
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  • The Escape from Andersonville
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  • The Winning Boat
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  • The Man and the Girl
  • A Brother's Wrong
  • The Girl Scout
  • The Cattle Thieves
  • Dora
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  • Judgement
  • The Geisha Who Saved Japan
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  • A Slave to Drink
1910
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1912
1913–1916
1918–1927


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