The Humming Bird

The Humming Bird (also known as Les loups de Montmartre) is a 1924 American silent crime drama film directed by Sidney Olcott and starring Gloria Swanson. Produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film is based on the play of the same name by Maude Fulton, who also starred in the Broadway production.^[1][2]

The Humming Bird
Lobby card
Directed by	Sidney Olcott
Written by	Forrest Halsey (scenario)
Based on	The Humming Bird by Maude Fulton
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Gloria Swanson
Cinematography	Harry Fischbeck
Edited by	Patricia Rooney
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	January 13, 1924 (1924-01-13)
Running time	80 mins.
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Colonial Theater Ad, 1924

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Toinette, alias "The Humming Bird" and member of the Apaches, commits many successful robberies in Paris while disguised as a young man. She falls in love with Randall Carey, an American newspaper correspondent. Randall joins the army when war breaks out. Toinette persuades her Apache confederate to enlist. She is jailed, but escapes during a Zeppelin bombardment and joins her wounded lover at his aunt's residence. The authorities pardon her and she finds happiness with Randall.

Cast

• Gloria Swanson as Toinette
• Edmund Burns as Randall Carey
• William Ricciardi as Papa Jacques
• Cesare Gravina as Charlot
• Mario Majeroni as La Roche
• Adrienne D'Ambricourt as The Owl
• Helen Lindroth as Henrietta Rutherford
• Rafael Bonqini as Bouchet
• Regina Quinn as Beatrice
• Aurelio Coccia as Bosque
• Jacques D'Auray as Zi-Zi

Production

The film was shot at the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens.^[2]

Preservation

A print of The Humming Bird is housed at the Library of Congress and the Nederlands Filmmuseum.^[4][5]