A Gentleman of Leisure (1915 film)

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A Gentleman of Leisure
A Gentleman of Leisure 1915 scene B - newspaper.jpg
A scene from the film
Directed byGeorge Melford
Based onA Gentleman of Leisure
by P. G. Wodehouse and John Stapleton
Produced byJesse Lasky
StarringWallace Eddinger
CinematographyWalter Stradling
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 1, 1915 (1915-03-01)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

A Gentleman of Leisure is a surviving[1] 1915 American silent comedy film produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It stars stage veteran Wallace Eddinger. The film is based on the 1910 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]

Cast[]

  • Wallace Eddinger as Robert Edgar Willoughby Pitt
  • Sydney Deane as Sir Thomas Pitt
  • Gertrude Kellar as Lady Julia Blunt
  • Tom Forman as Sir Spencer Dreever
  • Carol Holloway as Molly Creedon
  • Fred Montague as 'Big Phil' Creedon (as Frederick Montague)
  • William Elmer as Spike Mullins (as Billy Elmer)
  • Frederick Vroom as Macklin, Pitt's Friend
  • Francis Tyler as Willett, Pitt's Friend
  • Monroe Salisbury as Stutten, Pitt's Friend
  • Mr. Machin as Fuller, Pitt's Friend
  • Florence Dagmar as Kate
  • Lawrence Peyton as Ole Larsen (as Larry Peyton)
  • Robert Dunbar as Jeweler
  • Lucien Littlefield as Clerk

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Gentleman of Leisure
  2. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c. 1988
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ 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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