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THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

Proxies (1921)

Melodrama | 1 May 1921

Cast:

Norman Kerry, Zena Keefe, Raye Dean [ More ]

Director:

George D. Baker

Writer:

George D. Baker

Cinematographers:

Charles J. Hunt , Harold Wenstrom

Production Company:

Cosmopolitan Productions
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CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Cosmopolitan Productions
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
Paramount Pictures
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
George D. Baker
Dir
WRITER
George D. Baker
Scen
PHOTOGRAPHY
Harold Wenstrom
Dir of photog
Charles Hunt
Charles J. Hunt
Dir of photog
SET DECORATOR
Joseph Urban
Set dec
SOURCES
LITERARY
Based on the short story "Proxies," by Frank R. Adams in Cosmopolitan (Aug 1920).
LITERARY SOURCE AUTHOR
Frank R. Adams
DETAILS
Release Date:
1 May 1921
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Cosmopolitan Productions
7 May 1921
LP16485
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in feet):
6,283
Length(in reels):
7
Country:
United States
SYNOPSIS

Peter Mendoza and Clare Conway, ex-criminals, are butler and maid in the home of wealthy Christopher Darley and are engaged. John Stover, who recognizes Peter as a former convict, informs Darley and tries to embroil him in a fraudulent stock scheme, but he refuses. When Stover obtains a proxy empowering him to outvote Darley, Peter contrives a general holdup of guests at a party, steals the proxy, and burns it. After escaping from the house, the couple disclose their motive to Darley; he then presents them with a country house as a wedding ...

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Peter Mendoza and Clare Conway, ex-criminals, are butler and maid in the home of wealthy Christopher Darley and are engaged. John Stover, who recognizes Peter as a former convict, informs Darley and tries to embroil him in a fraudulent stock scheme, but he refuses. When Stover obtains a proxy empowering him to outvote Darley, Peter contrives a general holdup of guests at a party, steals the proxy, and burns it. After escaping from the house, the couple disclose their motive to Darley; he then presents them with a country house as a wedding present.

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GENRE
Genre:
Melodrama
Sub-genre:
Crime


Subject
Subject (Major):
Butlers
Criminals--Rehabilitation
Fraud
Maids

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