The Fortune Hunter (1914 film)
{{short description|1914 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Fortune Hunter
| image =
| caption =
| director = Barry O'Neil
| producer = Siegmund Lubin
| writer = Clay M. Greene
| based_on = play The Fortune Hunter by Winchell Smith c.1909
| starring = William Elliott
| music =
| cinematography = Fred Chaston
| editing =
| studio = Lubin Manufacturing Company
| distributor = General Film Company
| released = {{Film date|1914|10}}
| runtime = 6 reels
| country = USA
| language = Silent..English titles
}}
The Fortune Hunter is a lost{{Cite web |date=2023-10-15 |title=The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Fortune Hunter |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015094022/https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5434/default.html |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=web.archive.org}} 1914 silent comedy drama film directed by Barry O'Neil. It stars William Elliott and Ethel Clayton, and was produced by Lubin Manufacturing Company and distributed by General Film Company.{{Cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog - The Fortune Hunter |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/16341-THE-FORTUNEHUNTER |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=catalog.afi.com}}[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FortuneHunter1914.html The Fortune Hunter at silentera.com]
This play was an early stage success for Jack Barrymore in 1909.
Cast
- William Elliott - Nat Duncan
- George Soule Spencer - Harry Kellogg
- Charles Brandt - Sam Graham
- Ethel Clayton - Betty Graham
- Betty Brice - Josie Lockwood (*as Rosetta Brice)
- Joseph Kaufman - Roland Barrett
- Florence Williams - Mrs. Lockwood
- James Daly - Blinky Lockwood
- Gaston Bell - Willie Bartlett
- Ruth Bryan - Angie Smith
- Frank Backus - Pete Willing
- Clara Lambert - Mrs. Willing
- Alan Quinn - Tracy Tenner
- Ferdinand Tidmarsh - George Burnham
- Edwin Barbour - Old Hi
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0003988|The Fortune Hunter}}
{{Barry O'Neil}}
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Category:1910s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American films based on plays
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language comedy films
Category:Films directed by Barry O'Neil
Category:Lost American comedy films
Category:Lubin Manufacturing Company films
Category:Silent American comedy films
Category:Lost silent American films
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