Peter Pan
- 1924
- 1h 45min
Ajouter une intrigue dans votre languePeter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.Peter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.Peter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.
- Récompenses
- 4 victoires au total
- Michael Nicholas Darling
- (as Philippe deLacy)
- Tinker Bell
- (as Virginia Browne Faire)
- Gentleman Starkey
- (as Lewis Morrison)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesParamount spent nine months looking for an actress to star as Peter Pan. J.M. Barrie's contract for the rights gave him star approval, and Paramount was unable to find an actress whom Barrie approved until they tested the then-unknown Betty Bronson.
- GaffesPeter Pan casts a shadow on the floor and on the furniture prior to retrieving his shadow.
- Citations
Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] When I came into the room tonight, I saw a face at the window...
Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] ... the face of a little boy.
Mr. Darling: [in intertitles] Two flights up?
Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] This is not the first time. Last week, I was drowsing here by the fire...
Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] I felt a draught and looked up, and in the center of the room I saw that same little boy.
Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] I screamed. Nana sprang at him. The boy leapt out of the window ~ and escaped...
Mrs. Darling: [in intertitles] ... but not before the window had closed and cut his shadow clean off.
- Versions alternativesAfter the climactic fight with the pirates, Peter and the Lost Boys hoist a flag aboard the Jolly Roger. For the UK release of the film, the flag is the Union Jack; in the US version, this shot is replaced with one of the Stars and Stripes.
- ConnexionsFeatured in The House That Shadows Built (1931)
Betty Bronson delivers everything that you could expect as Peter, and it's easy to see why J.M. Barrie himself chose her for the role. She has plenty of energy and a believably boyish appearance. The rest of the cast is also good, and in some cases (Virginia Browne Faire and Anna May Wong) you wish you could have seen more of them. It would be hard to think of a better Captain Hook than Ernest Torrance, who gives the role just the right degree of exaggerated villainy. In what seems to have been her first screen role, Mary Brian is appealing as Wendy.
It sticks mostly to the essentials of the familiar story, which is usually appealing to children while potentially quite interesting to adults, for different reasons. Peter's desire to remain a boy, and the offbeat nature of the fantasy world, make the story much more than a whimsical daydream.
The visual effects, particularly the 'flying' sequences, work very well for their time, and they must have been very exciting for the movie's original audiences. The Tinkerbell effect also works well despite its simple means. The fantasy story is combined with just enough reality (back at the Darling home) for it to fit together nicely.
"Peter Pan" is a movie and stage perennial, so there is no shortage of versions to choose from. But this one is very enjoyable, and it is certainly recommended for anyone interested in seeing a silent movie version of the story.
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- 13 mars 2006
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Détails
Box-office
- Montant brut aux États-Unis et au Canada
- 630 229 $US
- Durée1 heure 45 minutes
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 1.33 : 1