The Wrongdoers
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| The Wrongdoers | |
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| Directed by | Hugh Dierker |
| Written by | Lewis Allen Browne |
| Produced by | Bernarr Macfadden |
| Starring | Lionel Barrymore Anne Cornwall Henry Hull |
| Cinematography | Fred Chaston John K. Holbrook |
Production company | MacFadden True Story Pictures |
| Distributed by | Astor Pictures Ideal Films (UK) |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Wrongdoers is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Dierker and starring Lionel Barrymore, Anne Cornwall, and Henry Hull.[1]
Plot[edit]
As described in a film magazine review,[2] a druggist who is philanthropic but poor, heads a robber gang that steals from the rich to aid the poor. His son, who is in love with the daughter of the woman his father befriended, foils a robbery planned by his father. The father and the man who was to have been robbed are killed. The son and the young woman are married.
Cast[edit]
- Lionel Barrymore as Daniel Abbott
- Anne Cornwall as Helen Warren
- Henry Hull as Jimmy Nolan
- Henry Sedley as Sylvester Doane
- Blanche Craig as Honora
- Flora Finch as Society Woman
- William Calhoun as Butler
- Harry Lee as Solemn Man
- Tammany Young as Crook
- Tom Brown as Little Jimmy
Preservation[edit]
A complete print of The Wrongdoers exists at the UCLA Film and Television Archive in Los Angeles.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Munden p. 928
- ^ "New Pictures: The Wrongdoers", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (6), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 58, 31 October 1925, retrieved 2 November 2022
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Wrongdoers
Bibliography[edit]
- Munden, Kenneth White (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press.
External links[edit]
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