High Steppers
{{short description|1926 film}}
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{{infobox film
| name = High Steppers
| image = High Steppers.jpg
| caption = Advertisement
| director = Edwin Carewe
| producer = Edwin Carewe
| writer = Finis Fox
Lois Leeson
| based_on = {{based on|Heirs Apparent|Philip Gibbs}}
| starring = Lloyd Hughes
Mary Astor
Dolores del Río
| music =
| cinematography = Robert Kurrle
| editing =
| distributor = First National Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1926|03|14|ref1=}}
| runtime = 70 mins.
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| gross =
}}
High Steppers is a 1926 American silent drama film produced and directed by Edwin Carewe and distributed by First National Pictures. The film is based on the novel Heirs Apparent by Philip Gibbs.{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9733 |title=High Steppers |website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 1, 2016}}[https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HighSteppers1926.html Progressive Silent Film List: High Steppers] at silentera.com
Plot
Julian Perryam gets thrown out of Oxford University and returns to the family estate outside London. He discovers that his sister and his mother are caught up in the "jazz" life and their father, who's the editor of a tabloid scandal rag, is too busy to notice. He also discovers that his sister is in love with the scoundrel son of his father's publisher, Victor Buckland. Learning that Buckland is actually an embezzler, Julian gets a job as a reporter on a muckraking publication and sets out to expose Buckland.
Cast
- Lloyd Hughes as Julian Perryam
- Mary Astor as Audrey Nye
- Dolores del Río as Evelyn Iffield
- Rita Carewe as Janette Perryam
- John T. Murray as Cyril Buckland
- Edwards Davis as Victor Buckland
- Alec B. Francis as Father Perryam
- Clarissa Selwynne as Mrs. Perryam (credited as Clarissa Selwyn)
- Charles Sellon as Grandpa Perryam
- John Steppling as Major Iffield
- Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Iffield
- Margaret McWade as Mrs. Clancy
Preservation
With no prints of High Steppers located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6162/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: High Steppers]
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0016967|High Steppers}}
- [https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1926-glass-film-preview-slide-high-428546792 lantern slide](archived)
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Category:Silent American drama films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Films based on British novels
Category:First National Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Edwin Carewe
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