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THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

A Gentleman of Leisure (1923)

Comedy-drama | 15 July 1923

Cast:

Jack Holt, Casson Ferguson, Sigrid Holmquist [ More ]

Director:

Joseph Henabery

Writers:

Anthony Coldeway , Jack Cunningham

Cinematographer:

Faxon M. Dean

Production Company:

Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
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GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS
SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
Camera
5 May 1923
p. 22
Camera
19 May 1923
p. 18
Camera
26 May 1923
p. 16, 18
Camera
2 Jun 1923
p. 18
Camera
14 Jul 1923
p. 4
Exhibitors Herald
21 Jul 1923
p. 48
Exhibitors Trade Review
23 Dec 1922
p. 193
Exhibitors Trade Review
28 Jul 1923
p. 384
Film Daily
2 Dec 1922
p. 2
Film Daily
12 Jul 1923
p. 1
Film Daily
16 Jul 1923
p. 2
Film Daily
5 Aug 1923
p. 7
Motion Picture News
28 Jul 1923
p. 420
MPN Booking Guide
Oct 1923
p. 23
Paramount Pep
4 Apr 1923
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Picture-Play
Aug 1923
p. 100
Variety
25 Jan 1923
p. 47
Variety
17 May 1923
p. 20
Variety
19 Jul 1923
p. 26
Variety
26 Jul 1923
p. 23
CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
Paramount Pictures
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTORS
Joseph Henabery
Dir
Dick Johnson
Asst dir
PRODUCER
Jesse L. Lasky
Pres
WRITERS
Anthony Coldewey
Anthony Coldeway
Adpt
Jack Cunningham
Adpt
PHOTOGRAPHY
Faxon Dean
Faxon M. Dean
Dir of photog
FILM EDITOR
Walter Woods
Prod ed
SOURCES
LITERARY
Based on the novel, The Intrusion of Jimmy by P. G. Wodehouse (London, 1910), and on the play A Gentleman of Leisure by John Stapleton and P. G. Wodehouse (New York, 24 Aug 1911).
LITERARY SOURCE AUTHORS
John Stapleton
P. G. Wodehouse
DETAILS
Release Date:
15 July 1923
Premiere Information:
New York and Los Angeles openings: 15 Jul 1923
Production Date:
mid Apr--late May 1923
Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
17 July 1923
LP19213
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in feet):
5,095 , 5,695
Length(in reels):
6
Country:
United States
Language:
English
SYNOPSIS

Young playboy Robert Pitt makes a bet with friends at a restaurant that he will obtain within 24 hours a photograph of a girl across the room, whom he has never met, autographed fondly to him. His unsuccessful attempts to steal the photograph from her and win the bet make up the rest of the plot. Finally, he succeeds in getting the photograph and winning the girl, but he gets involved in an attempted jewel theft, which he prevents but for which he is ...

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Young playboy Robert Pitt makes a bet with friends at a restaurant that he will obtain within 24 hours a photograph of a girl across the room, whom he has never met, autographed fondly to him. His unsuccessful attempts to steal the photograph from her and win the bet make up the rest of the plot. Finally, he succeeds in getting the photograph and winning the girl, but he gets involved in an attempted jewel theft, which he prevents but for which he is blamed.

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GENRE
Genre:
Comedy-drama


Subject
Subject (Major):
Photographs
Theft
Wagers

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