''The Son of Wallingford'' is a 1921 American silent

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directed by

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and Lillian Josephine Chester and starring

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and

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. It is based on George Chester's novel ''The Son of Wallingford'' about a

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, itself inspired by his ''

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'' articles and an earlier hit play '' Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford''. It was shot at

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's Flatbush Studios in

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. It was released by Vitagraph a couple of months before a

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version of '' Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford''.

Plot

Cast

as J. Rufus Wallingford *

as Jimmy Wallkingford * George Webb as Blackie Daw *

as 'Toad' Edward Jessup *

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as Henry Beegoode *

Sidney D'Albrook Sidney D'Albrook (May 3, 1886 – May 30, 1948) was an American actor. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, a son of Harry Dahlbruck, a musician, and Jennie McGuire. He was working as an actor in Davenport, Iowa, in 1910, living with his sister Rut ...

as Bertram Beegoode * Andrew Arbuckle as Talbot Curtis *

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as O.O. Jones * Walter Rodgers as 'Petrograd' Pete *

Priscilla Bonner Priscilla Bonner (February 17, 1899 – February 21, 1996) was an American silent film actress who specialized in portraying virginal, innocent heroines. Early years Priscilla Bonner was born in Washington, D.C. on February 17, 1899. Her fat ...

as Mary Curtis * Florence Hart as Mrs. Fannie Wallingford *

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as Bonnie Daw * Margaret Cullington as Coline Beegoode

Preservation

The film is lost.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:''The Son of Wallingford''
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References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

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