Less Than Kin

{{Infobox film

| name = Less Than Kin

| image = Less Than Kin 1919 newspaper.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Newspaper advertisement

| director = Donald Crisp

| producer = Jesse L. Lasky

| screenplay = Marion Fairfax

| based_on = Less Than Kin (novel) by Alice Duer Miller

| starring = Wallace Reid
Ann Little
Raymond Hatton
Noah Beery, Sr.
James Neill
Charles Ogle

| music =

| cinematography = Henry Kotani

| editing =

| studio = Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company

| distributor = Paramount Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1918|7|21}}

| runtime = 50 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Less Than Kin is a lost[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6847/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Less Than Kin] 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and written by Marion Fairfax and Alice Duer Miller. The film stars Wallace Reid, Ann Little, Raymond Hatton, Noah Beery, Sr., James Neill and Charles Ogle.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/497954/less-than-kin|title=Less Than Kin (1918) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=10 January 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=17188|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009164115/http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=17188|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 October 2016|title=Less Than Kin|publisher=AFI|accessdate=10 January 2015}} The film was released on July 21, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

As described in a film magazine,{{cite journal |title=Reviews: Less Than Kin |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=7 |issue=6 |page=34 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=August 3, 1918 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald07exhi}} Lewis Vickers (Reid), a young American languishing in South America because he is "wanted" for a crime which was the result of an accident, comes across another American Hobart Lee (Reid) who greatly resembles him. That man dies and Vickers, to get back to the United States, decides to impersonate him. He is taken to the family group upon his arrival in New York City and soon finds himself possessed of the encumbrances and debts left by the former youth, which include a wife and three children. He is left a fortune, but discloses his identity and flees to Canada. En route he marries the ward of his benefactor, who had helped him escape and had hid in his automobile. Eventually he is cleared of all guilt and has a happy ending.