The Fortune Hunter (1914 film)

The Fortune Hunter
Directed byBarry O'Neil
Written byClay M. Greene
Based onplay The Fortune Hunter by Winchell Smith c.1909
Produced bySiegmund Lubin
StarringWilliam Elliott
CinematographyFred Chaston
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Company
Release date
  • October 1914 (1914-10)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent..English titles

The Fortune Hunter is a lost[1] 1914 silent comedy drama film directed by Barry O'Neil. It stars William Elliott and Ethel Clayton, and was produced by Lubin Manufacturing Company and distributed by General Film Company.[2][3]

This play was an early stage success for Jack Barrymore in 1909.

Cast

  • William Elliott - Nat Duncan
  • George Soule Spencer - Harry Kellogg
  • Charles Brandt - Sam Graham
  • Ethel Clayton - Betty Graham
  • Betty Brice - Josie Lockwood (*as Rosetta Brice)
  • Joseph Kaufman - Roland Barrett
  • Florence Williams - Mrs. Lockwood
  • James Daly - Blinky Lockwood
  • Gaston Bell - Willie Bartlett
  • Ruth Bryan - Angie Smith
  • Frank Backus - Pete Willing
  • Clara Lambert - Mrs. Willing
  • Alan Quinn - Tracy Tenner
  • Ferdinand Tidmarsh - George Burnham
  • Edwin Barbour - Old Hi

References

  1. ^ "The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Fortune Hunter". web.archive.org. October 15, 2023. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  2. ^ "AFI|Catalog - The Fortune Hunter". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  3. ^ The Fortune Hunter at silentera.com