The Yankee Consul

The Yankee Consul
The Yankee Consul
	Still with Douglas MacLean and Patsy Ruth Miller
Directed by	James W. Horne
Written by	Raymond Cannon
Screenplay by	Lewis Milestone; Raymond Griffith
Based on	The Yankee Consul; a Musical Comedy (play); by Henry Martyn Blossom and
Produced by	Douglas MacLean
Cinematography	Max Dupont
Edited by	George Crone
Production; company	Douglas MacLean Productions
Distributed by	Associated Exhibitors
Release date	February 10, 1924;
Running time	60 minutes; 6 reels, 6242 feet
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Yankee Consul is a 1924 American black-and-white silent comedy film directed by James W. Horne and written by Raymond Cannon.^[1] With a screen adaptation by Lewis Milestone and Raymond Griffith, the film is based upon the 1904 Broadway play The Yankee Consul; a Musical Comedy by and Henry Martyn Blossom.^[2]

The film premiered in New York City on February 10, 1924 and had general theatrical release beginning February 24, 1924. It has a 1925 release in Austria as Der Wilde Konsul.

Plot[]

Through a series of confusions, Dudley Ainsworth (Douglas MacLean) is required to travel on a passenger ship to Brazil, posing as the American consul to a South American country. On the ship, he meets Margarita Carrosa (Patsy Ruth Miller) and becomes embroiled in a conspiracy involving Margarita and thieves planning to steal gold from the American consulate in Rio de Janeiro. Upon arrival in Brazil, Margarita is taken hostage by the thieves, and Ainsworth sends word to the U. S. Navy before rushing to an estate where Margarita is being held captive. Ainsworth captures the thieves and rescues the girl. The navy Admiral (Eric Mayne) arrives with the real Yankee consul to reveal that the entire set of events was a prank played on Ainsworth by his friends.