The Amateur Gentleman (1926 film)

1926 film

  • August 15, 1926 (1926-08-15)
Running time
8 reels; 7,790 feetCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)
The Amateur Gentleman ad in Motion Picture News, 1926

The Amateur Gentleman is a 1926 American silent[1] 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.[2][3]

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.[4][5]

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.[6]

References

  1. ^ The Amateur Gentleman Lost Film Files#17; Moviessilently.com
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Amateur Gentleman at silentera.com
  3. ^ The Silents: Silent Feature Films 1910-36 page 11, c.1998 by Robert B. Connelly
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Amateur Gentleman
  5. ^ The Amateur Gentleman at Lost Film Files: First National Pictures 1926
  6. ^ The Amateur Gentleman at sidneyolcott.com

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