Ladies to Board is a lost 1924 American silent comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Donald W. Lee. The film stars Tom Mix, Gertrude Olmstead, Philo McCullough, Gilbert Holmes, Gertrude Claire, and Dolores Rousse. The film was released on February 3, 1924, by Fox Film Corporation.[1][2][3][4]

Ladies to Board
Directed byJohn G. Blystone
Screenplay byDonald W. Lee
Story byWilliam Dudley Pelley
StarringTom Mix
Gertrude Olmstead
Philo McCullough
Gilbert Holmes
Gertrude Claire
Dolores Rousse
CinematographyDaniel B. Clark
Production
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Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • February 3, 1924 (1924-02-03)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

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As described in a review in a film magazine,[5] a crabbed, elderly lady on a motor trip through the west loses control of her car on a steep hill and Tom Faxon (Mix), a native, heroically rescues her. A few years after she dies, leaving her estate, consisting of a sanitarium for old ladies, to Tom. He immediately goes east, taking his chum Bunk (Holmes) with him. Tom gets to be very popular with the old ladies and is especially attracted to a charming nurse, Edith (Olmstead), and to Mrs. Carmichael (Claire), whose son, a successful artist, has neglected her. Tom makes it his business to go and bring the son to the home; he has to use rough methods, but he succeeds. Tom also by using cave-man stuff elopes with the pretty nurse, while Buck elopes with the housekeeper.

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Preservation

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With no prints of Ladies to Board located in any film archives,[6] it is a lost film.

References

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  1. ^ "Ladies To Board (1924) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  2. ^ Janiss Garza. "Ladies to Board (1924) - John G. Blystone". AllMovie. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  3. ^ "Ladies to Board". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  4. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Ladies to Board at silentera.com
  5. ^ Sewell, C. S. (February 23, 1924). "Ladies to Board: Excellent Comedy and Pathos Makes Tom Mix Feature for Fox Look Like a Good Box-Office Bet". The Moving Picture World. 66 (8). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 671–72. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  6. ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Ladies to Board
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