Sunshine Nan

Sunshine Nan
Lantern slide
Directed by	Charles Giblyn
Written by	Eve Unsell (scenario)
Based on	Calvary Alley by Alice Hegan Rice
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Ann Pennington
Cinematography	Hal Young
Production company	Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 11, 1918 (1918-03-11)
Running time	50 minutes; 5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Sunshine Nan is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film starring Ann Pennington and directed by Charles Giblyn. It is based on the novel Calvary Alley by Alice Hegan Rice. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

As described in a film magazine, Nance Molloy (Pennington) and Dan Lewis (Hines), children of the slums, are sweethearts. They become mixed up in the death of a neighbor and are sent to reform school. Upon their release they are employed at the Clark Shoe Factory. MacPherson Clark (Barthelmess), son of the owner of the factory, endeavors to steal the formula of a dye developed by Dan, but Nan frustrates his efforts. The patent for the dye brings wealth to Nan and Dan and they are wed.

Cast

• Ann Pennington as Nance Molloy
• Richard Barthelmess as MacPherson Clark
• Johnny Hines as Dan Lewis (credited as John Hines)
• Helen Tracy as Mrs. Snawdor
• Charles Eldridge as Mr. Snawdor
• James A. Furey (credited as J.A. Furey)
• Mrs. Lewis McCord
• Frank Losee

Preservation

A copy of Sunshine Nan survives in Archives du Film du CNC in Paris, France.

External links

• Sunshine Nan at IMDb
• Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan (1917), Calvary Alley, New York: The Century Co., on the Internet Archive
• promotional poster
• promotional