The Nutcracker (1926 film)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| The Nutcracker | |
|---|---|
_-_1.jpg) Still with Horton and Busch | |
| Directed by | Lloyd Ingraham |
| Written by | Madge Myton |
| Based on | The Nut Cracker by Frederic S. Isham |
| Starring | Edward Everett Horton Mae Busch Harry Myers |
| Cinematography | Jack MacKenzie |
Production company | Samuel S. Hutchinson Productions |
| Distributed by | Associated Exhibitors Ideal Films (UK) |
Release date |
|
Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
_(page_11_crop).jpg)
The Nut-Cracker ad in Motion Picture News, 1926
The Nutcracker (also written as The Nut-Cracker) is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Edward Everett Horton, Mae Busch, and Harry Myers.[1][2] It was based on the 1920 novel The Nut Cracker by Frederic S. Isham.[3]
Synopsis
Horatio Slipaway is struck by a streetcar and to escape his domineering wife he feigns amnesia. After using his insurance payout to invest in the stock market, he manages to make a fortune and adopts a new identity as a Peruvian millionaire.
Cast
- Edward Everett Horton as Horatio Slipaway
- Mae Busch as Martha Slipaway
- Harry Myers as Oscar Briggs
- Tom Ricketts as Isaac Totten
- Martha Mattox as Julia Trotten
- George Kuwa as Saki
- Katherine Lewis as Hortense
- Albert Prisco as Señor Gonzales
- George Periolat as Señor Gómez
References
- ^ Munden p. 556
- ^ Connelly p. 191
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Nutcracker at silentera.com
Bibliography
- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Nutcracker (1926 film).
- The Nutcracker at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
 | This article related to an American film of the 1920s is a stub. You can help Justapedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- 1926 films
- Template film date with 1 release date
- Commons category link is defined as the pagename
- IMDb ID not in Wikidata
- 1926 comedy films
- 1920s English-language films
- American silent feature films
- Silent American comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Lloyd Ingraham
- Associated Exhibitors films
- 1920s American films
- All stub articles
- 1920s American film stubs