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Dollar Down
Dollar Down
	Lobby card
Directed by	Tod Browning
Screenplay by	Frederick Stowers
Story by	Jane Courthope; Ethel Hill
Produced by	Ruth Roland
Starring	Ruth Roland; Henry B. Walthall
Cinematography	Allen Q. Thompson
Production; company	Co-Artists Productions
Distributed by	Truart Film Corporation; State's Rights
Release date	October 11, 1925;
Running time	6 reels (6318 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Dollar Down is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Tod Browning.^[3] A print in the UCLA Film and Television Archive has one of its six reels missing.^[4] Filmed in April 1924 at the F.B.O Studios in Santa Monica, California,^[5]^[6] Dollar Down was the first of two features produced by star Ruth Roland and Browning's production company, Co-Artists Productions.^[7]

Plot

As described in a film magazine reviews,^[8] Alec Craig has a fine position as general manager of a manufacturing firm, but his wife and daughter almost ruin him with their extravagance. They buy everything on the part payment plan, and their daughter Ruth pawns a ring that is not paid for to raise money with which to give an elaborate party. A man tricks her into disclosing the fact that her father’s company has an option on a valuable piece of land. Suspicion falls on Alec and he is about to lose his position. Ruth takes the blame, prevents the man from exercising the option, and a niece of Alec’s redeems the pawned ring.

Cast

Ruth Roland as Ruth Craig
Henry B. Walthall as Alec Craig
Mayme Kelso as Mrs. Craig
Earl Schenck as Grant Elliot
Claire McDowell as Mrs. Meadows (Craig's sister)
Roscoe Karns as Gene Meadows (her son)
Jane Mercer as Betty Meadows (her daughter)
Lloyd Whitlock as Howard Steele
Otis Harlan as Norris
Edward W. Borman as Tilton (credited as Edward Borman)
Newton Hall as Little Boy
Pat Wing as Little Girl (credited as Madison Wing)
Toby Wing as Little Girl
Sonnie Walker as Little Boy
Michael Dark (uncredited)
Lou Marangella (uncredited)

References

^ Howe, Willard C., ed. (September 19, 1925). "Production Charts With Release Dates of Coming Productions (continued)". Exhibitor's Trade Review. Vol. 18, no. 18. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania: Exhibitor's Review Publishing Corporation. p. 50 – via Archive.org.
^ Johnston, William A., ed. (May 8, 1926). "Dollar Down". Motion Picture News. Vol. 33, no. 19 (Booking Guide ed.). New York. p. 26 – via Archive.org.
^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Dollar Down". Silent Era. Retrieved May 8, 2008.
^ "Dollar Down". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
^ Quigley, Martin J., ed. (April 5, 1924). "F.B.O." Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 18, no. 15. Chicago, Illinois. p. 45 – via Archive.org.
^ Quigley, Martin J., ed. (April 19, 1924). "Herald's Studio Directory". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 18, no. 17. Chicago, Illinois. p. 28 – via Archive.org.
^ Johnston, William A., ed. (March 15, 1924). "Cast Selected For Ruth Roland Feature". Motion Picture News. Vol. 24, no. 11. Albany, New York. p. 1185 – via Archive.org.
^ "New Pictures: Dollar Down", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (12), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 53, September 12, 1925, retrieved September 5, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.