The Skyrocket

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1926 film by Marshall Neilan

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FieldValue
nameThe Skyrocket
imageSkyrocket poster.jpg
captionFilm poster
directorMarshall Neilan
writerBenjamin Glazer (adaptation and scenario)
based_on
starringPeggy Hopkins Joyce
cinematographyDavid Kesson
studioCelebrity Pictures
distributorAssociated Exhibitors
released
runtime80 min. (8 reels, 7350 ft.)
countryUnited States
languageSilent (English intertitles)
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| name = The Skyrocket | image = Skyrocket poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Marshall Neilan | producer = | writer = Benjamin Glazer (adaptation and scenario) | based_on = | starring = Peggy Hopkins Joyce | music = | cinematography = David Kesson | editing = | studio = Celebrity Pictures | distributor = Associated Exhibitors | released = | runtime = 80 min. (8 reels, 7350 ft.) | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles)

The Skyrocket is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Marshall Neilan and starring Peggy Hopkins Joyce. The film was based on the 1925 novel of the same name by Adela Rogers St. Johns and scripted by Benjamin Glazer.

Plot

As described in a film magazine, young Sharon Kimm and Mickey live in the tenements and are childhood chums until they are separated. A few years later, Sharon becomes one of the bathing beauties on a comedy film lot, but because she attracts the director, the female star becomes jealous and causes her to be discharged. Dark days follow for her and Mickey, who is endeavoring to become a scenario writer. The young woman attracts the attention of a world-famed director and her career rises like a skyrocket to fame and position. Her love for her childhood chum Mickey is given a shock from the effects of flattery upon her as she acts like a star. At the height of her luxurious and exotic life, the skyrocket bursts and her film career comes to a sudden end. Through her suffering the real woman in her is reborn and true love bursts forth. There is a happy ending for Sharon, who has learned her lesson.

Cast

Production

Director Marshall Neilan was announced by Photoplay as the director in July, 1925. Peggy Hopkins Joyce was a one-time Ziegfeld Follies showgirl who became a media figure in the late 1910s and early 1920s for dating, marrying, and divorcing wealthy men, acquiring a sizable collection of expensive jewelry and furs and wearing fashionable clothes. The Skyrocket was Joyce's first full-length feature and was intended as a vehicle to launch her acting career as she was largely known only for her colorful personal life. The film's distributor, Associated Exhibitors, launched a massive publicity campaign to promote the film. While Joyce earned mainly positive reviews for her performance, the film barely earned back its budget in box office returns. She would appear in only one more film, International House (1933), before fading into obscurity.

Reception

Photoplay magazine called Joyce one of the six best performances of the month for its January, 1926 edition. They further noted that she was "the surprise of the picture".

Preservation

No prints of The Skyrocket are located in any film archives, making it a lost film.

Gallery of stills

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References

References

  1. [http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/Skyrocket1926.html ''The Skyrocket''] at silentera.com
  2. (8 May 1926). "New Pictures: ''The Skyrocket''". Exhibitors Herald Company.
  3. (July 1925). "Advertising Section". Photoplay.
  4. Freudenheim, Milt. (June 23, 1957). "The Legend of Peggy Hopkins Joyce: She Collected Men, Chinchilla, Diamonds". The Toledo Blade.
  5. Rosenblum, Constance. (2000). "Gold Digger: The Outrageous Life and Times of Peggy Hopkins Joyce". Metropolitan Books.
  6. Rosenblum 2000 p. 151
  7. Gabler, Neal. (2011). "Life: The Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality". Random House LLC.
  8. (January 1926). "The Six Best Pictures of the Month". Photoplay.
  9. [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9270/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Skyrocket'']

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