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

Cameo Kirby is a 1923 silent drama film directed by John Ford and featured Jean Arthur in her onscreen debut. It was Ford’s first film credited as John Ford instead of Jack Ford.^[1] It was based on a play by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. The story had been filmed as a silent before in 1915 with Dustin Farnum, who had originated the role on Broadway in 1909. The film was remade as an talking musical film in 1930.

Prints of the film exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive and at the Cinemateca Portuguesa (Portuguese Film Archive), in Lisbon.

Cast

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

References

Links

• Cameo Kirby at the Internet Movie Database
• Cameo Kirby (1930) Sound Version at the Internet Movie Database
• Cameo Kirby at AllRovi
• Cameo Kirby lantern slide

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