''An American Citizen'' is a 1914 American
silent romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...
film directed by
J. Searle Dawley. The film is noteworthy as the feature film debut of
John Barrymore. Distributed by
Famous Players Film Company, the film is based on the 1897 Broadway play of the same name by
Madeleine Lucette Ryley. The film is now presumed
lost.
The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''An Anmerican Citizen''
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Cast
* John Barrymore - Beresford Kruger
* Evelyn Moore - Beatrice Carewe
* Peter Lang - Peter Barbury
* Hal Clarendon - Egerton Brown
* Mrs. M.S. Smith - Carola Chapin
* Ethel West - Georgia Chapin
* Howard Missimer - Sir Humphrey Bunn
* Edith Henkle - Lady Bunn
* Alexander Gaden - Otto Storbie
* Wellington A. Playter - Valet
* Joe Short - Office Boy
* Ernest Truex - Mercury
* Alexandru Haidau
See also
*List of Paramount Pictures films
The following are lists of Paramount Pictures films by decade:
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Lists
* List of Paramount Pictures films (1912–1919)
* List of Paramount Pictures films (1920–1929)
* List of Paramount Pictures films (1930–1939)
* List of Paramou ...
* John Barrymore filmography
References
External links
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Famous Players - ad
archived)
glass slide
archived)
''An American Citizen: An Original Comedy in Four Acts''
by Madeleine Lucette Ryley
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'An American Citizen''
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1914 films
1914 romantic comedy films
Films directed by J. Searle Dawley
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
American films based on plays
Lost American romantic comedy films
English-language romantic comedy films
1914 lost films
1910s American films
Silent American romantic comedy films
1910s English-language films
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