The Story Without a Name

For the 1882 novel, see The Story Without a Name (novel).

The Story Without a Name
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Directed by	Irvin Willat
Written by	Victor Irvin (scenario)
Based on	The Story Without a Name by Arthur Stringer
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Agnes Ayres
Cinematography	Harold Rosson
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	October 27, 1924 (1924-10-27) (U.S.)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Story Without a Name is a 1924 American silent melodrama film directed by Irvin Willat and based on a novel by Arthur Stringer, which was published in conjunction with the film. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures and stars Agnes Ayres.^[1] A contest run by Photoplay magazine asked viewers to select a title for the film for a prize of $5,000, with the alternative title Without Warning selected as the winning entry.

A 1952 film noir with the title Without Warning! had a working title of The Story Without a Name, but the plots of the two films are quite different.^[2]

Cast

• Agnes Ayres as Mary Walsworth
• Antonio Moreno as Alan Holt
• Tyrone Power, Sr. as Drakma (credited as Tyrone Power)
• Louis Wolheim as Kurder
• Dagmar Godowsky as Claire
• Jack Lionel Bohm as Don Powell
• Maurice Costello as The Cripple
• Frank Currier as Admiral Walsworth
• Ivan Linow as Lab assistant

Preservation

With no prints of The Story Without a Name located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.

References

1. Progressive Silent Film List: The Story Without a Name at silentera.com
2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Story Without a name

External links

• The Story Without a Name at IMDb
• Stringer, Arthur (1924), The Story Without a Name, New York: Grosset & Dunlap (with stills), on the Internet Archive