Hold Your Breath (1924 film)

Hold Your Breath is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Dorothy Devore, Walter Hiers, and Tully Marshall.^[1][2]

Hold Your Breath
Directed by	Scott Sidney
Written by	Frank Roland Conklin
Produced by	Al Christie
Starring	Dorothy Devore Walter Hiers Tully Marshall
Cinematography	Gus Peterson Alex Phillips
Production company	Christie Film Company
Distributed by	Producers Distributing Corporation
Release date	May 25, 1924 (1924-05-25)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Article on the film in Science and Invention (1924).

Cast

• Dorothy Devore as Mabel
• Walter Hiers as Freddie
• Tully Marshall as Blake
• Jimmie Adams as Beauty Parlor Proprietor
• Priscilla Bonner as Mary
• James Harrison as Jack
• Lincoln Plumer as City Editor
• Patricia Palmer as Hairdresser
• Rosa Gore as Customer
• Jay Belasco as Customer
• George C. Pearce as Mayor
• Victor Rodman as Oil Salesman
• Budd Fine as Policeman
• Eddie Baker as Detective
• Max Davidson as Street Merchant

Preservation

Copies of Hold Your Breath are maintained in the collections of the Library of Congress, UCLA Film and Television Archive, George Eastman Museum Motion Picture Collection, and other film archives.^[3]

References

1. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema p. 103
2. Progressive Silent Film List: Hold Your Breath at silentera.com
3. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Hold Your Breath

Bibliography

• Donald W. McCaffrey and Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30345-2

External links

• Hold Your Breath at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie
• Commentary and stills at silentsaregolden.com