Barry Butts In

Barry Butts In
Barry Butts In
	Still from film
Directed by	Beaumont Smith
Written by	Beaumont Smith
Produced by	Beaumont Smith
Starring	Barry Lupino
Production; company	Beaumont Smith's Productions
Release date	9 August 1919;
Running time	5 reels
Country	Australia
Language	Silent

Barry Butts In is a 1919 Australian film comedy from director Beaumont Smith starring British vaudevillian Barry Lupino, who was then visiting Australian. It is considered a lost film.

Plot[]

Barry (Barry Lupino), works in a grocery store in the country. He falls in love with a beautiful young girl (Agnes Dobson) in a touring pantomime show who is the granddaughter of Barry's uncle, a wealthy man who years ago disowned the girl's mother because she married an actor. The old man requests his nephews come to Sydney so he can choose an heir. Barry's cousins try to humiliate him but he manages to triumph and inherit his uncle's fortune, and marry the girl.

Cast[]

Barry Lupino as Barry
John Cosgrove
Agnes Dobson^[3]

Production[]

Barry Lupino was uncle of Ida Lupino and the film incorporated many of his routines.^[4]

Charles Villiers was assistant director.

Release[]

When the film was released a competition was held for naming the movie.^[5] The gimmick helped the movie become a success at the box office.^[4]

References[]

^ Ross Cooper,"Filmography: Beaumont Smith", Cinema Papers, March–April 1976 p333
^ "Advertising". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 9 August 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
^ "STARS OF THE AIR". . Vic.: National Library of Australia. 25 April 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 89.
^ "Classified Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 10 November 1919. p. 12. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

External links[]

Barry Butts In in the Internet Movie Database
Barry Butts In at National Film and Sound Archive

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[1] Ross Cooper,"Filmography: Beaumont Smith", Cinema Papers, March–April 1976 p333

[2] "Advertising". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 9 August 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 18 May 2012.

[3] "STARS OF THE AIR". . Vic.: National Library of Australia. 25 April 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

[Pike-4] Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 89.

[5] "Classified Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 10 November 1919. p. 12. Retrieved 16 January 2012.

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