The Last Man on Earth (1924 film)

The Last Man on Earth (1924) was a silent comedy film directed by John G. Blystone, starring Earle Foxe^[1] and produced by Fox Film Corporation and loosely based on Mary Shelley's 1826 novel The Last Man. The film was remade as the semi-musical comedy It's Great to Be Alive (1933), and influenced the sci-fi novel Mr. Adam (1946).

Plot

In the year 1960, a plague known as "male-itis" has killed every fertile man on Earth over the age of 12. Boys under the age of 12 have been vaccinated, but they are all rendered sterile. Womankind takes over the world and a woman becomes President of the United States.

Meanwhile, a female aviator, Gertie (Grace Cunard), flying over the Ozarks finds smoke rising from the chimney of a cabin. She discovers a reclusive hillbilly named Elmer Smith (Earle Foxe) living there with his sweetheart Hattie (Derelys Perdue). He is captured and examined at a hospital. All the women in the world soon begin to fight over Smith.

Preservation status

Copies are held in Cinematheque Royale de Belgique(Brussels) and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.^{[2] [3]}

References

External links

• The Last Man on Earth at the Internet Movie Database
• The Last Man on Earth at AllMovie