''Humdrum Brown'' is a 1918 American
silent comedy drama film
Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau
In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together. directed by
Rex Ingram and starring
Henry B. Walthall
Henry Brazeale Walthall (March 16, 1878 – June 17, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared as the Little Colonel in D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915).
Early life
Henry B. Walthall was born March 16, 1878 on a ...
,
Mary Charleson
Mary Charleson (18 May 1890 – 3 December 1961) was an Irish silent film actress who starred in about 80 films in the U.S. between 1912 and 1920.
Early life
Charleson was born in Dungannon in Ireland to George Charleson, a hairdresser, and J ...
and
Dorothy Clark.
[Gmür p.295]
Cast
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Henry B. Walthall
Henry Brazeale Walthall (March 16, 1878 – June 17, 1936) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared as the Little Colonel in D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' (1915).
Early life
Henry B. Walthall was born March 16, 1878 on a ...
as Hector 'Humdrum' Brown
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Mary Charleson
Mary Charleson (18 May 1890 – 3 December 1961) was an Irish silent film actress who starred in about 80 films in the U.S. between 1912 and 1920.
Early life
Charleson was born in Dungannon in Ireland to George Charleson, a hairdresser, and J ...
as Alicia Boothe
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Dorothy Clark as Grace Danforth
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Howard Crampton
Howard Crampton (January 12, 1865 – June 15, 1922) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1913 and 1922. He was born in New York City.
Partial filmography
* ''Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'' (1913) ...
as Carlos Tanner
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Kate Price as Cousin Kate
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Joseph J. Dowling as John Fryeburg
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Joe Harris as Ed Danforth
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Ida Lewis
Idawalley Zoradia Lewis (February 25, 1842 – October 24, 1911) was an American lighthouse keeper noted for her heroism in rescuing people from the seas.
Biography Early years
Ida Lewis was born in Newport, Rhode Island, the second oldest of ...
as Aunt Elvira
References
Bibliography
* Leonhard Gmür. ''Rex Ingram: Hollywood's Rebel of the Silver Screen''. 2013.
External links
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1918 films
1918 comedy-drama films
American silent feature films
Films directed by Rex Ingram
American black-and-white films
Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation
1910s English-language films
1910s American films
Silent American comedy-drama films
English-language comedy-drama films
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