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Wikipedia article




'Barry Butts In' is a 1919 Australian film comedy from director Beaumont Smith starring British vaudevillian Barry Lupino, who was then visiting Australian. It is considered a lost film.

Plot



Barry (Barry Lupino), works in a grocery store in the country. He falls in love with a beautiful young girl (Agnes Dobson) in a touring pantomime show who is the granddaughter of Barry's uncle, a wealthy man who years ago disowned the girl's mother because she married an actor. The old man requests his nephews come to Sydney so he can choose an heir. Barry's cousins try to humiliate him but he manages to triumph and inherit his uncle's fortune, and marry the girl.

Cast



*Barry Lupino as Barry

*John Cosgrove

*Agnes Dobson

Production



Barry Lupino was uncle of Ida Lupino and the film incorporated many of his routines.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, 'Australian Film 19001977: A Guide to Feature Film Production', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 89.

Charles Villiers was assistant director.

Release



When the film was released a competition was held for naming the movie. The gimmick helped the movie become a success at the box office.

References




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