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The Amateur Gentleman (1926 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Amateur Gentleman' is a 1926 American silent[http://moviessilently.com/2013/06/13/lost-film-files-17-the-amateur-gentleman-1926/ 'The Amateur Gentleman' Lost Film Files#17; Moviessilently.com] drama film produced by Inspiration Pictures and distributed through First National Pictures. It was directed by Sidney Olcott as a vehicle for star Richard Barthelmess.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/A/AmateurGentleman1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Amateur Gentleman'] at silentera.com'The Silents: Silent Feature Films 1910-36' page 11, c.1998 by Robert B. Connelly
The same story was made into a 1920 British silent film and would be filmed again in 1936 with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
'The Amateur Gentleman' is preserved in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1071/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Amateur Gentleman'][http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefirstnational.html 'The Amateur Gentleman' at Lost Film Files: 'First National Pictures 1926']
Cast
*Richard Barthelmess as Barnabas Barty
*Dorothy Dunbar as Lady Cleone Meredith
*Gardner James as Ronald Barrymaine
*Nigel Barrie as Sir Mortimer Carnaby
*Brandon Hurst as Peterby
*John Miljan as Viscount Devenham
*Edwards Davis as John Barty
*Billie Bennett as Duchess of Camberhurst
*Herbert Grimwood as Jasper Gaunt
*Gino Corrado as Prince Regent
*Sidney De Gray as Captain Chumley
*Hans Joby as Captain Slingsby
Production notes
The film was shot at Clune studios, Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, and at the Samuel S. Hinds house in Pasadena.[http://www.sidneyolcott.com/Amateur_Gentleman.htm 'The Amateur Gentleman' at sidneyolcott.com]
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