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The Canadian (film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Canadian' is an extant 1926 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play, 'The Land of Promise', by W. Somerset Maugham. The film was directed by William Beaudine and starred Thomas Meighan. Meighan had costarred with Billie Burke in a 1917 silent film based on the same story, 'The Land of Promise'. In both films he plays the same part. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress.'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30' by The American Film Institute, c.1971[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/C/Canadian1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Canadian'] at silentera.com'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress' by The American Film Institute, c.1978
Plot
A couple undergo hardship homesteading in Alberta, where they are plagued by bad weather and financial woes.
Cast
*Thomas Meighan as Frank Taylor
*Mona Palma as Nora
*Wyndham Standing as Ed Marsh
*Dale Fuller as Gertie
*Charles Winninger as Pop Tyson
*Billy Butts as Buck Golder
References
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