Reported Missing (1922 film)

For the 1937 film, see Reported Missing!

Reported Missing is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Henry Lehrman and starring Owen Moore, Pauline Garon, and Tom Wilson.^[1][2]

Reported Missing
Directed by	Henry Lehrman
Written by	Lewis Allen Browne Henry Lehrman Owen Moore Tom Bret E.V. Durling H.I. Phillips Will B. Johnstone John P. Medbury
Produced by	Lewis J. Selznick Myron Selznick
Starring	Owen Moore Pauline Garon Tom Wilson
Cinematography	Jules Cronjager
Edited by	George M. Arthur
Production company	Selznick Pictures
Distributed by	Select Pictures
Release date	April 5, 1922 (1922-04-05) (USA)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Richard Boyd comes into possession of the Boyd Shipping Company through inheritance. The company has an option to obtain a huge fleet of ships much sought after by Young, a scheming Asian shipping magnate. Boyd, a habitual idler, is disinterested in the matter until Pauline makes him get down to business and save these ships for America. Young kidnaps Richard and Pauline on a ship and puts out to sea. The ship becomes stranded. Richard's uncle demands that Young return them. Young takes Pauline captive on his ship while Richard is rescued by a battleship and pursues them in a Navy hydroplane. Young wins this race, but Richard goes to his house and rescues the young woman, Young being killed in the fight.

Cast

• Owen Moore as Richard Boyd
• Pauline Garon as Pauline Blake
• Tom Wilson as Sam
• Tôgô Yamamoto as J. Young
• Frank Wunderlee as Captain Ferguson
• Robert Cain as Andrew Dunn
• Nita Naldi as Nita
• Mickey Bennett as Boy

Production

Consistent with the practice at that time, the comic role of the valet Sam was played by Wilson in blackface. The use of white actors in blackface for black character roles in Hollywood films did not begin to decline until the late 1930s, although it is now considered highly offensive.^[4]

Preservation

Reported Missing is a lost film with only a fragment remaining.^[2]