''You Are Guilty'' is a 1923 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
Edgar Lewis
Edgar Henry Mead Lewis (12 February 1902 – 26 April 1992) was an Australian politician who was a National Party of Western Australia, Country Party member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly of Western Austral ...
and starring
James Kirkwood,
Doris Kenyon and
Robert Edeson.
Synopsis
Stephen Martin takes the blame over some missing funds in order to spare his half-brother shame. He is forced to give up his sweetheart and travel around the world.
Cast
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James Kirkwood as Stephen Martin
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Doris Kenyon as Alice Farrell
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Robert Edeson as Theodore Tennent
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Mary Carr as Mrs. Grantwood
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Russell Griffin as 'Buddy' Tennent
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Edmund Breese
Edmund Breese (June 18, 1871 – April 6, 1936) was an American stage and film actor of the silent era.
Biography
Breese was born in Brooklyn, New York. His parents were Renshaw Breese and Josephine Busby.
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as Judge Elkins
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Carlton Brickert as Joseph D. Grantwood
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Riley Hatch as Murphy
Preservation
The film survives in abridged form.
''You Are Guilty'' at silentera.com
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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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allmovie.com
1923 films
1923 drama films
1920s English-language films
American silent feature films
Silent American drama films
Films directed by Edgar Lewis
American black-and-white films
1920s American films
English-language drama films
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