A Gentleman of Leisure (1915 film)
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Directed by | George Melford |
Produced by | Jesse Lasky |
Written by | P. G. Wodehouse John Stapleton |
Based on | A Gentleman of Leisure by P. G. Wodehouse and John Stapleton |
Starring | Wallace Eddinger |
Cinematography | Walter Stradling |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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5 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent English intertitles |
A Gentleman of Leisure is a surviving[1] 1915 silent film comedy produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It stars stage veteran Wallace Eddinger. The film is based on a novel A Gentleman of Leisure by P. G. Wodehouse and 1911 Broadway play adapted by Wodehouse and John Stapleton. A young actor named Douglas Fairbanks was a cast member in the play several years before beginning a film career. This film survives in the Library of Congress.[2][3][4]
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Cast
- Wallace Eddinger - Robert Edgar Willoughby Pitt
- Sydney Deane - Sir Thomas Pitt
- Gertrude Kellar - Lady Julia Blunt
- Tom Forman - Sir Spencer Dreever
- Carol Holloway - Molly Creedon
- Fred Montague - 'Big Phil' Creedon (as Frederick Montague)
- William Elmer - Spike Mullins (as Billy Elmer)
- Frederick Vroom - Macklin, Pitt's Friend
- Francis Tyler - Willett, Pitt's Friend
- Monroe Salisbury - Stutten, Pitt's Friend
- Mr Machin - Fuller, Pitt's Friend
- Florence Dagmar - Kate
- Lawrence Peyton - Ole Larsen (as Larry Peyton)
- Robert Dunbar - Jeweler
- Lucien Littlefield - Clerk
See also
- A Gentleman of Leisure (1923)
References
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). A Gentleman of Leisure at IMDb
- A Gentleman of Leisure at AllMovie
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- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:A Gentleman of Leisure
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
- ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.66 by The American Film Institute, c.1978
- ↑ A Gentleman of Leisure as produced on Broadway, beginning August 24 1911 at the Playhouse Theatre, later moved to the Globe and Herald Square Theatres; IMDb.com
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- 1915 films
- American silent feature films
- American films
- Films based on plays
- Films based on works by P. G. Wodehouse
- Films directed by George Melford
- Paramount Pictures films
- 1910s comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- 1910s comedy film stubs