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A Gentleman of Leisure (1915 film)

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Duration
  

Director
  
George Melford

Country
  
United States


Language
  
Silent English intertitles

Release date
  
March 1, 1915 (1915-03-01)

Based on
  
A Gentleman of Leisure  by P. G. Wodehouse and John Stapleton

Writer
  
John Stapleton (play), P.G. Wodehouse (play)

A Gentleman of Leisure is a surviving 1915 American silent comedy film produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It stars stage veteran Wallace Eddinger. The film is based on the novel A Gentleman of Leisure by P. G. Wodehouse and 1911 Broadway play adapted by Wodehouse and John Stapleton. A young actor named Douglas Fairbanks was a cast member in the play several years before beginning a film career. This film survives in the Library of Congress.

Contents

Diaries of a gentleman of leisure documentary preview


Cast

  • Wallace Eddinger as Robert Edgar Willoughby Pitt
  • Sydney Deane as Sir Thomas Pitt
  • Gertrude Kellar as Lady Julia Blunt
  • Tom Forman as Sir Spencer Dreever
  • Carol Holloway as Molly Creedon
  • Fred Montague as 'Big Phil' Creedon (as Frederick Montague)
  • William Elmer as Spike Mullins (as Billy Elmer)
  • Frederick Vroom as Macklin, Pitt's Friend
  • Francis Tyler as Willett, Pitt's Friend
  • Monroe Salisbury as Stutten, Pitt's Friend
  • Mr. Machin as Fuller, Pitt's Friend
  • Florence Dagmar as Kate
  • Lawrence Peyton as Ole Larsen (as Larry Peyton)
  • Robert Dunbar as Jeweler
  • Lucien Littlefield as Clerk

    • References

    A Gentleman of Leisure (1915 film) Wikipedia
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    A Gentleman of Leisure (1915 film) IMDb