Peter Pan (1924 film) Peter Pan (1924 film) Peter Pan is a 1924 American silent adventure film released by Paramount Pictures, the first film adaptation of the play by J. M. Barrie. It was directed by Herbert Brenon and starred Betty Bronson as Peter Pan, Ernest Torrence as Captain Hook, Mary Brian as Wendy, and Virginia Browne Faire as Tinker Bell. Anna May Wong, a groundbreaking Chinese-American actress, played the Indian princess Tiger Lily. In the story, Peter Pan, a magical boy who refuses to grow up, brings the Darling children (Wendy, John, and Michael) from London to Neverland, where they have adventures that
Peter Pan (Australian horse) and McGrath agreed to start Peter Pan in the 1935 Melbourne Cup. The horse carried (the weight carried by Carbine to win the 1890 Melbourne Cup) but finished 13th. He was immediately retired to stud. Peter Pan stood at Rodney R. Dangar's country property Baroona, Whittingham, Singleton, New South Wales where he exclusively covered his owner's mares. His stud career was cut short when he broke his leg in 1941 and was destroyed. Peter Pan is buried at Baroona, Whittingham, Singleton, New South Wales. Peter Pan sired the stakeswinners Grampian, Peter and Precept, who won the Moonee Valley Stakes and