''Money to Burn'' is a 1926 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Walter Lang Walter Lang (August 10, 1896 – February 7, 1972) was an American film director. Early life Walter Lang was born in Tennessee. As a young man he went to New York City where he found clerical work at a film production company. The business p ...

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Dolores Valdez, an attractive young woman returning home from college by ship, meets and falls in love with the ship's doctor, Dan Stone. Upon arrival, Dolores discovers an atmosphere of mystery about the home and in the actions of her guardian, Don Diego Valdez, whose relations with Manuel Ortego are of a shady nature. Dolores is forbidden to enter the old chapel. Dan, escaping from his ship after a row in which he believes that he has killed a man, seeks shelter on the island on which Dolores lives and is held captive by Ortego. Meanwhile, Ortego and Don Diego force Dolores to agree to a marriage with the former. Everything comes to a climax when Dan escapes and discovers that Ortego and Don Diego have set up a counterfeiting operation in the old chapel. Dan arrives in time to stop the wedding, and the fight that follows ends when the U.S. Marines arrive. Dan and Dolores then sail for the United States.

Cast

Malcolm McGregor Malcolm McGregor (October 13, 1892 – April 29, 1945) was an American actor of the silent era. McGregor appeared in more than 50 films between 1922 and 1936. He was born in Newark, New Jersey and died in Hollywood, California. McGregor sta ...

as Dan Stone * Dorothy Devore as Dolores Valdez *

Eric Mayne Eric Mayne (April 28, 1865 – February 10, 1947) was an Irish born American actor. Mayne was born in Dublin and was a star on stage in London in the early 20th century, at the London Lyceum and at Drury Lane. In 1908 and 1910 he played Prince H ...

as Don Diego Valdez *

Nina Romano Nina Romano (born Isabel Craven Dilworth; October 18, 1901 - 15 October 15, 1966King, Robert Eugene; Jones, Doris Ruth Van Dusen (1980). History of the King Family in Flanders & America, 1300's-1980'. R.E. King. p. 1424. .) was an American ...

as Maria González *

George Chesebro George Newell Chesebro (July 29, 1888 – May 28, 1959) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1915 and 1954. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and died in Los Angeles, California. Partial filmography * ''Mi ...

as Manuel Ortego * Orfa Casanova as Señora Sanguinetti *

Jules Cowles Jules Cowles (October 18, 1877 – May 22, 1943) was an American film actor.Munden p.193 He was also billed as J. D. Cowles and Julius D. Cowles. Biography Born in Farmington, Connecticut, Cowles attended Yale University and was a writer in addit ...

as The Giant *

John T. Prince John T. Prince (September 11, 1871 – December 23, 1937), sometimes credited as John Printz, was an American stage actor, stage and silent film actor. After some years on the stage he appeared in around forty films (including some short fi ...

as Bascom * Arnold Melvin as The Mysterious Native

Preservation

The film survives in the archives of the

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and the

Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street (Manhattan), 53rd Street between Fifth Avenue, Fifth and Sixth Avenues. MoMA's collection spans the late 19th century to the present, a ...

References

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* 1926 films 1926 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films Films directed by Walter Lang Gotham Pictures films 1920s American films English-language drama films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub