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Mile a Minute Kendall

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Country
  
United States

Director
  
William Desmond Taylor

Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Release date
  
May 13, 1918

Writer
  
Owen Davis (play), Gardner Hunting

Mile-a-Minute Kendall is a lost American silent drama film directed by William Desmond Taylor originally released in 1918. Jack Pickford plays the title role, a wealthy, rakish young man who falls for a gold-digger. The "beautiful but unscrupulous fortune hunter" who tempts Kendall is played by Lottie Pickford, Jack's sister; a contemporary review in Variety noted that "the idea of a sister 'vamping' her own brother is not exactly palatable." Louise Huff plays the good girl in the story.

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Cast

  • Jack Pickford as Kendall
  • Louise Huff as Jean Evans
  • Charles Arling as Mr. Kendall
  • Jane Wolfe as Mrs. Kendall (credited as Jane Wolff)
  • Casson Ferguson as Eddie Semper
  • Lottie Pickford as Rosalynde d'Aubre
  • Jack McDonald as Jack Evans
  • W.E. Lawrence as Philip Lund
  • John Burton as Judge Weeks

    • Reception

    Good reviews marked the release of this film. Pickford received excellent reviews for his performance which was described as "refreshing" by Photoplay. Mile-a-Minute Kendall was paired with the Mack Sennett comedy short A Battle Royal in some theaters during its original release.

    Like many American films of the time, Mile-a-Minute Kendall was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required cuts, in Reel 2, of the second view of a letter with the words "We'll always be friends on the side", two near views of intoxicated young woman seated on table smoking cigarettes, flash two scenes of semi-nude man and woman dancing in restaurant, first view of intoxicated young woman standing against wall, two scenes of bouncing young woman on tapestry and following scene of men carrying her off on their shoulders, scene of intoxicated woman on settee, and, Reel 4, the intertitle ending "That man has been her lover for years".

    References

    Mile-a-Minute Kendall Wikipedia
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    Mile a Minute Kendall IMDb