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Not so Long Ago
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Directed by	Sidney Olcott
Written by	Violet Clark
Based on	Not So Long Ago, a Comedy in Prologue, Three Acts, and Epilogue by Arthur Richman
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky John Lynch
Starring	Betty Bronson Ricardo Cortez
Cinematography	James Wong Howe
Edited by	Patricia Rooney
Production company	Famous Players–Lasky
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	September 7, 1925 (1925-09-07)
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Not So Long Ago is a 1925 American silent drama film produced by Jesse Lasky and Adolph Zukor and distributed by Paramount. It was directed by Sidney Olcott with Betty Bronson and Ricardo Cortez in the leading roles.^[1]^[2]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine reviews,^[3] Betty, the daughter of Dover the inventor, works by the day as a seamstress in the Ballard home. Billy Ballard, the Beau Brummel of the town, is engaged to Ursula Kent, but Betty pretends to herself in her day dreams that he is in love with her. Sam Robinson, the town’s smart aleck, proposes to her and is indignant when she rejects him. Dover borrows money from Flint to continue the invention of his horseless carriage. When the time draws near for the notes to be paid to Flint, Dover is unable to pay them. Betty tells Sam that Billy has proposed to her. Sam tells this to her father who goes to the Ballard home. He tells Billy Ballard that he will expect the customary courtship between Betty and him (Billy). Billy then asks if he might call on Betty. At his first call, Flint attempts to collect the money for his notes. Billy offers to buy them but Betty will not permit him to do so. When Billy admits to Betty that he is engaged to Ursula, Betty becomes angry. But Billy finds that Ursula, like him, is in love with another. When their engagement is broken, Betty becomes reconciled. Flint has arranged with Dover to take the horseless carriage on the following day. Robinson has wagered with Dover that he can beat the machine in a walk down Fifth Avenue. The race is held but as the engine finishes the race a winner the boiler explodes and destroys the entire machine. Flint cannot take it away but receives the money from Billy, who promises to back Dover in building a new one. Betty is happy with her engagement to Billy.

Cast

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Betty Bronson as Betty Dover
Ricardo Cortez as Billy Ballard
Edwards Davis as Jerry Flint
Julia Swayne Gordon as Mrs. Ballard
Larry Wheat as Sam Robinson (credited as Laurence Wheat)
Julia Gadsden as Ursula Kent (credited as Jacquelin Gadsdon)
Dan Crimmins as Michael Dover
Peggy Ahern as Little Girl
Austen Jewell as Little Boy
Joseph Mills

Preservation

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With no prints of Not So Long Ago located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.^[5]

References

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^ ""No So Long Ago" at Elks". Prescott Evening Courier. November 7, 1925. p. 3.
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Not So Long Ago at silentera.com
^ "New Pictures: Not So Long Ago", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (9), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 54, August 22, 1925, retrieved August 1, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Not So Long Ago
^ "Not So Long Ago at Lost Film Files:Paramount Pictures - 1925". Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved June 9, 2015.

External links

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Not So Long Ago at IMDb
Not So Long Ago at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Synopsis at AllMovie
(in French) Not So Long Ago website dedicated to Sidney Olcott

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