Miss Brewster's Millions
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| Directed by | Clarence G. Badger |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Written by | George Barr McCutcheon (novel) Winchell Smith (play) Byron Ongley (play) Monte Brice (adaptation) Lloyd Corrigan (writer) Harold Shumate (writer) |
| Starring | Bebe Daniels |
| Cinematography | H. Kinley Martin |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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72 minutes; |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
Miss Brewster's Millions (1926) is a silent film comedy produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Clarence G. Badger directed and the ever popular Bebe Daniels starred.[1][2][3] It was based on a novel by George Barr McCutcheon and a play adaptation of the same name by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley and had been filmed before in 1921 with Roscoe Arbuckle.[4]
Preservation status
This film is now considered a lost film.[5]
Cast
- Bebe Daniels - Polly Brewster
- Warner Baxter - Thomas B. Hancock Jr.
- Ford Sterling - Ned Brewster
- André de Beranger - Mr. Brent
- Miss Beresford - Landlady
Plot
Polly Brewster (Daniels), a penniless Hollywood model and movie extra inherits $1 million. But her new lawyer, Tom Hancock (Baxter), informs her that she has to spend it all within 30 days to inherit $5 million more from her spiteful Uncle Ned Brewster (Sterling) who tries to prevent it from happening.
References
- ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Miss Brewster's Millions
- ↑ Miss Brewster's Millions at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1926
- ↑ Brewster's Millions on Broadway New Amsterdam and Hudson Theatres, beginning Dec. 31, 1906; IBDb.com
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog
External links
Categories:
- 1926 films
- Silent films
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- American silent feature films
- American films
- Lost films
- Films directed by Clarence G. Badger
- Films based on plays
- Films based on American novels
- American comedy films
- 1920s comedy films
- Films based on adaptations
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on Brewster's Millions
