''Barry Butts In'' is a 1919 Australian film comedy from director

Beaumont Smith Frank Beaumont "Beau" Smith (15 August 1885 – 2 January 1950), was an Australian film director, producer and exhibitor, best known for making low-budget comedies. Smith made his first film, ''Our Friends, the Hayseeds,'' in 1917. He went on ...

starring British vaudevillian

Barry Lupino George Barry Lupino-Hook (7 January 1884 – 26 September 1962) was an English comedian and film actor, and a notable Pantomime dame. He was the brother of the actor and comedian Stanley Lupino, the father of the actress Antoinette Lupino, and ...

, who was then visiting Australian. It is considered a

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Plot

Barry (

), works in a grocery store in the country. He falls in love with a beautiful young girl (Agnes Dobson) in a touring pantomime show who is the granddaughter of Barry's uncle, a wealthy man who years ago disowned the girl's mother because she married an actor. The old man requests his nephews come to Sydney so he can choose an heir. Barry's cousins try to humiliate him but he manages to triumph and inherit his uncle's fortune, and marry the girl.

Cast

as Barry * John Cosgrove *

Agnes Dobson Agnes May Dobson (30 December 1904 – 26 February 1987) was an Australian actress. Career Agnes Dobson was born on 30 December 1904, at Glebe Point, in Sydney, Australia, though her birth was not registered. Dobson's parents were New Zeala ...

Production

was uncle of

Ida Lupino Ida Lupino (4 February 1918Recorded in ''Births Mar 1918'' Camberwell Vol. 1d, p. 1019 (Free BMD). Transcribed as "Lupine" in the official births index – 3 August 1995) was a British actress, director, writer, and producer. Throughout her 48-y ...

and the film incorporated many of his routines.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 89. Charles Villiers was assistant director.

Release

When the film was released a competition was held for naming the movie. The gimmick helped the movie become a success at the box office.

References

External links

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1919 films Films directed by Beaumont Smith Australian black-and-white films Lost Australian comedy films Australian silent feature films 1919 comedy films 1919 lost films Silent Australian comedy films {{Australia-silent-film-stub