The Canadian (film)
| The Canadian | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Written by | W. Somerset Maugham(play:The Land of Promise) Arthur Stringer (adaptation, scenario) Julian Johnson(intertitles) |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Thomas Meighan |
| Cinematography | Alvin Wyckoff |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | November 27, 1926 |
Running time | 80 minutes; 8reels(7,753 feet) |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | Silent(English intertitles) |
The Canadian is an extant 1926 silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play, The Land of Promise, by W. Somerset Maugham. The film was directed by William Beaudine and starred Thomas Meighan. Meighan had costarred with Billie Burke in a 1917 silent film based on the same story, The Land of Promise. In both films he plays the same part. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress.[1] [2] [3]
Cast
- Thomas Meighan - Frank Taylor
- Mona Palma - Nora
- Wyndham Standing - Ed Marsh
- Dale Fuller - Gertie
- Charles Winninger - Pop Tyson
- Billy Butts - Buck Golder
References
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ^ The Canadian at silentera.com
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress by The American Film Institute, c.1978
