''The Man Hunt'' is a 1918 silent

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film directed by

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. It used a story by Fred Jackson originally titled ''A Modern Girl'' and a scenario by Virginia Tyler Hudson. Released by the New Jersey–based

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, the film consisted of five reels and was 50 minutes long. The film premiered on June 10, 1918. The cinematographer was Philip Hatkin.

Plot

Betty Hammond is extremely wealthy, single, and lonely; having come into a fortune only recently. She decides to find a husband, but all of the appropriate landed gentry and affluent men bore her, and she can never be certain whether her suitors want her or her money. She searches for James Ogden; a man with whom she was romantically attached to as a young girl but has not seen for many years. She finds him as a poor laborer in a lumber camp. Betty pretends to be a humble stenographer in order to conceal her wealth and societal position. The two renew their romance, and Betty now secure in the knowledge that she is loved for herself, reveals the truth in James. He does not take it well, and she ends up kidnapping Ogden and a minister with aid of armed men stating she will not let them go until Ogden marries her. After further drama, all eventually ends happily in marriage.

Cast

* Ethel Clayton as Betty Hammond *

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as James Ogden * Henry Warwick as English Lord * John Ardizoni (credited as John Adrizonia) as French Count * Herbert Barrington as Russian Prince * Jack Drumier as Parson Brown * Al Hart as Bigfoot Ben * John Dungan as Lemuel Thomas

References

External links

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Man Hunt, The Silent American comedy-drama films 1918 films 1918 comedy-drama films American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Frederick J. Jackson World Film Company films