The Lottery Man (1919 film)
Appearance
The Lottery Man | |
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Directed by | James Cruze |
Written by | Elmer Harris (scenario) Frank Urson (adaptation) |
Based on | The Lottery Man by Rida Johnson Young |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
Starring | Wallace Reid Wanda Hawley |
Cinematography | Frank Urson |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes; 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Lottery Man is a lost[1] 1919 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze and starring Wallace Reid and Wanda Hawley. It is based on a 1909 Broadway play, The Lottery Man, by Rida Johnson Young. In the play Cyril Scott and Janet Beecher played the roles that Reid and Hawley play in the film. Famous Players–Lasky produced and Paramount Pictures distributed.[2][3]
A version of The Lottery Man made in 1916 still exists.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Wallace Reid as Jack Wright
- Harrison Ford as Foxhall Peyton
- Wanda Hawley as Helen Heyer
- Fanny Midgley as Mrs. Wright
- Sylvia Ashton as Mrs. Peyton
- Caroline Rankin as Lizzie Roberts
- Wilton Taylor as McGuire
- Clarence Geldart as Business Manager
- Marcia Manon as Nora
- Winifred Greenwood as Hewig Jensen
- Fred Huntley as Hamilton
- Lila Lee as Polly
- Tully Marshall (uncredited)
- Charles Stanton Ogle (uncredited)
- Guy Oliver (uncredited)
- Virginia Foltz (uncredited)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Lottery Man (1919 film).
- The Lottery Man at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
Categories:
- 1919 films
- American silent feature films
- Lost American comedy films
- Films directed by James Cruze
- American films based on plays
- Paramount Pictures films
- 1919 comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Silent American comedy films
- 1919 lost films
- Films about lotteries
- 1910s American films
- 1910s comedy film stubs