Cheating Cheaters (1919 film)
| Cheating Cheaters | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Allan Dwan |
| Written by | Kathryn Stuart |
| Based on | 1916 Broadway play of the same name by Max Marcin[1] |
| Produced by | Clara Kimball Young |
| Starring | Jack Holt Clara Kimball Young |
| Cinematography | Arthur Edeson |
| Distributed by | Select Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | USA |
| Language | Silent...English titles |
Cheating Cheaters is a 1919 silent film comedy directed by Allan Dwan and starring Jack Holt and Clara Kimball Young. Young's production company produced. It was released by Select Pictures Corporation.[2][3]
Kathryn Stuart was the writer, based on a 1916 Broadway play of the same name by Max Marcin.[1] The play would be adapted again in 1927 and in 1934.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Jack Holt - Tom Palmer
- Clara Kimball Young - Ruth Brockton
- Tully Marshall - Ira Lazarre
- Frank Campeau - Steven Wilson
- Edwin Stevens - Mr. Palmer
- Anna Q. Nilsson - Grace Palmer
- Frederick Burton - George Brockton
- Nicholas Dunaew - Antonio Verdi
- Mayme Kelso - Mrs. Bockton
- Jess Singleton - Phil
- Elinor Hancock - Mrs. Palmer
- William A. Carroll - Ruth's chauffeur
Preservation
[edit]Cheating Cheaters is currently presumed lost.[4][5] In February of 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Lombardi, Frederic. Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios, p. 335 (2013)
- 1 2 "AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Cheating Cheaters". afi.com. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
- ↑ Cheating Cheaters at silentera.com
- ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Cheating Cheaters". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on May 13, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2026. Cite error: Unknown parameter "loc" in
<ref>tag; supported parameters are dir, follow, group, name (see the help page). - ↑ Cheating Cheaters; The Clara Kimball Young Website
- ↑ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
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- 1919 films
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- 1919 English-language films
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- English-language comedy films
- Films directed by Allan Dwan
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