Cheating Cheaters (1919)

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Director:

Allan Dwan

Writers:

Max Marcin (play)
Kathryn Stuart (writer)

Release Date:

26 January 1919 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Two gangs of crooks, living side-by-side, each mistake the other for a wealthy household and each plot to rob the other. |

Plot Keywords:

Lost Film | Based On Play

Cast

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. Brockton
Jess Singleton	...	Phil
Elinor Hancock	...	Mrs. Palmer
William A. Carroll	...	Ruth's chauffeur

Runtime:

USA:50 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Company:

Select Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Director Allan Dwan stated that he had so much trouble with actors upstaging one another (moving upstage to force the other actors to turn their backs to the camera) that he tied ropes to the actors' ankles out of camera range and yanked them back whenever they drifted upstage.

Movie Connections:

Version of Cheating Cheaters (1934)