Empty Hands

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Empty Hands is a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming, and starring Jack Holt and Norma Shearer. The film was produced by the Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.^[1][2]

Empty Hands
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Directed by	Victor Fleming
Written by	Carey Wilson
Story by	Arthur Stringer
Produced by	Famous Players–Lasky
Starring	Jack Holt Norma Shearer Charles Clary Hazel Keener
Cinematography	Charles Edgar Schoenbaum
Edited by	Howard Hawks
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 17, 1924 (1924-08-17) (United States)
Running time	70 mins.
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

Cast

• Jack Holt as Grimshaw
• Norma Shearer as Claire Endicott
• Charles Clary as Robert Endicott
• Hazel Keener as Mrs. Endicott
• Gertrude Olmstead as Typsy
• Ramsey Wallace as Montie
• Ward Crane as Milt Bisnet
• Charles Stevens as Indian Guide
• Hank Mann as Spring Water Man
• Charles Green as Butler

Preservation

With no prints of Empty Hands located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.