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The Hottentot
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Wikipedia article
'The Hottentot' is a lost[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6287/default.html 'The Hottentot', 1922 film, at the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog][http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnewarner.html 'The Hottentot' at Lost Film Files: 'Warner Brothers films - 1929'] 1929 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller. It is based on the 1920 Broadway play 'The Hottentot' by William Collier, Sr. and Victor Mapes.[http://www.ibdb.com/show.php?id=4514 'The Hottentot', as produced on Broadway, March-June 1920, at the George M. Cohan Theatre]
A previous silent version was produced by Thomas H. Ince in 1922, starring Douglas MacLean.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9832 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:'The Hottentot'][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/Hottentot1929.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Hottentot' (1922)] at silentera.com
Plot
Sam Harrington (Edward Everrett Horton) is a simple horse lover who is mistaken for a champion steeplechase jockey and prevailed upon by Peggy Fairfax (Patsy Ruth Miller) to take part in an upcoming race.
Cast
* Edward Everett Horton as Sam Harrington
* Patsy Ruth Miller as Peggy Fairfax
* Douglas Gerrard as Swift
* Edward Earle as Larry Crawford
* Stanley Taylor as Alec Fairfax
* Gladys Brockwell as Mrs. Chadwick
* Maude Turner Gordon as May Gilford
* Otto Hoffman as Perkins
* Edmund Breese as Ollie
References
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