The Cradle of Courage
About The Cradle of Courage
Square Kelly, a crook, comes back from the First World War. A man he served with talks him into the police. The first work puts him against the gang he used to run with. William S. Hart plays Kelly. Ann Little and Tom Santschi are billed with him.
Cast & crew
More about The Cradle of Courage
Lambert Hillyer directed and wrote it with Frederick Bradbury. William S. Hart stars and is the producer on the Wikidata record. Joseph H. August photographed it. Paramount released it on 19 September 1920. It runs 65 minutes. Gertrude Claire, Frank Thorwald, and George Williams are in the cast.
Themes
Background
Kelly's turn from crook to policeman is set just after his service in the First World War.
Look
Joseph H. August photographed Hart's return from the war and the break with the old gang.
Preservation
Prints are at the Museum of Modern Art and other archives. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Hart is the star, not the director. Hillyer directed.
- Copies are at the Museum of Modern Art and at other archives.
- A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Scenes
- Back from the war, Kelly takes a police badge and has to arrest the men he used to work with.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Cradle of Courage)
