Cameo Kirby (1923 film)

Cameo Kirby
	Film poster
Directed by	John Ford
Produced by	William Fox
Written by	Robert N. Lee
Based on	Cameo Kirby (play); by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson
Starring	John Gilbert; Gertrude Olmstead;
Cinematography	George Schneiderman
Production; company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	October 21, 1923 (USA);
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Cameo Kirby is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by John Ford which starred John Gilbert and Gertrude Olmstead and featuring Jean Arthur in her onscreen debut. It was Ford's first film credited as John Ford instead of Jack Ford.[1] The film is based on a 1908 play by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. The story had been filmed as a silent before in 1914 with Dustin Farnum, who had originated the role on Broadway in 1909. The film was remade as a talking musical film in 1930.

Cast

John Gilbert as Cameo Kirby
Gertrude Olmstead as Adele Randall
Alan Hale as Colonel Moreau
Eric Mayne as Colonel Randall
W. E. Lawrence as Tom Randall (as William E. Lawrence)
Richard Tucker as Cousin Aaron Randall
Phillips Smalley as Judge Playdell
Jack McDonald as Larkin Bunce
Jean Arthur as Ann Playdell
Eugenie Forde as Madame Davezac
Frank Baker (uncredited)
Ken Maynard (uncredited)
George Reed as Croup (uncredited)
Ynez Seabury (uncredited)

Preservation

Prints of Cameo Kirby are maintained in the UCLA Film and Television Archive and at the Cinemateca Portuguesa (Portuguese Film Archive), in Lisbon.[2]

References

"Progressive Silent Film List: Cameo Kirby". Silent Era. Retrieved March 3, 2008.
"Cameo Kirby". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.

External links

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[silentera-1] "Progressive Silent Film List: Cameo Kirby". Silent Era. Retrieved March 3, 2008.

[LOC-2] "Cameo Kirby". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.

Films by John Ford
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Sound films	The Black Watch (1929) Men Without Women (1930) Born Reckless (1930) Up the River (1930) Seas Beneath (1931) The Brat (1931) Arrowsmith (1931) Air Mail (1932) Flesh (1932) Pilgrimage (1933) Doctor Bull (1933) The Lost Patrol (1934) The World Moves On (1934) Judge Priest (1934) The Whole Town's Talking (1935) The Informer (1935) Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) Mary of Scotland (1936) The Plough and the Stars (1936) Wee Willie Winkie (1937) The Hurricane (1937) Four Men and a Prayer (1938) Submarine Patrol (1938) Stagecoach (1939) Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) The Grapes of Wrath (1940) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Tobacco Road (1941) How Green Was My Valley (1941) They Were Expendable (1945) My Darling Clementine (1946) The Fugitive (1947) Fort Apache (1948) 3 Godfathers (1948) She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) Wagon Master (1950) Rio Grande (1950) The Quiet Man (1952) What Price Glory (1952) The Sun Shines Bright (1953) Mogambo (1953) The Long Gray Line (1955) Mister Roberts (co-d, 1955) The Searchers (1956) The Wings of Eagles (1957) The Rising of the Moon (1957) Gideon's Day (1958) The Last Hurrah (1958) The Horse Soldiers (1959) Sergeant Rutledge (1960) Two Rode Together (1961) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) How the West Was Won (1963) Donovan's Reef (1963) Cheyenne Autumn (1964) 7 Women (1966)
Television	"Rookie of the Year" (1955) "The Colter Craven Story" (1960) "Flashing Spikes" (1962)
Productions	The Iron Horse (1924) The Blue Eagle (1926) Mother Machree (1928) Hangman's House (1928) Riley the Cop (1928) Salute (1929) Flesh (1932) The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) Young Cassidy (1965)
Documentaries and training films	Torpedo Squadron (1942) Sex Hygiene (1942) The Battle of Midway (1942) December 7th: The Movie (1943) Undercover (1943) This is Korea (1951) Korea: Battleground for Liberty (1959) Chesty: A Tribute to a Legend (1970) Vietnam! Vietnam! (1971) (produced and co-wrote)
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