A Certain Rich Man (1921)
In the small town of Sycamore Ridge live youthful sweethearts Bob Hendricks and Molly Culpepper; Bob's banker father, General Hendricks; and John Barclay, head of the Golden Belt Wheat Co. When Adrian Brownwell comes to town to publish a newspaper, his cash deposits in Hendricks' bank relieve the banker's worry that an expected bank examiner will discover the shortage in bank funds resulting from Hendricks' support of Barclay. Adrian falls in love with Molly and decides to leave Sycamore Ridge when she refuses to marry him. Barclay threatens Molly with the financial ruin of many whom she holds dear unless she marries Adrian, and Bob returns from the East to find Molly the new Mrs. Brownwell.
Director:
Howard Hickman
Writer:
William Allen White
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Carl Gantvoort as Bob Hendricks |
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Claire Adams as Molly Culpepper |
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Robert McKim as John Barclay |
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Jean Hersholt as Adrian Brownwell |
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Joseph J. Dowling as Col. Martin Culpepper |
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Lydia Knott as John Barclay's Mother |
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Frankie Lee as Young Neal Ward |
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Mary Jane Irving as Young Janet Barclay |
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Harry Lorraine as Gen. Hendricks |
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J. Gunnis Davis as Lige Bemis |
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Charles Colby as Watts McHurdie |
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Walter Perry as Jake Dolan |
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Fleming Pitts as Mose |
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Grace Pike as Col. Culpepper's Wife |
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Eugenia Gilbert as Janet Barclay |
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Gordon Dumont as Neal Ward |
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Edna Pennington as Mrs. Jane Barclay |
| Directing | Howard Hickman | Director |
| Production | Elliott J. Clawson | Associate Producer |
| Production | Benjamin B. Hampton | Producer |
| Camera | Joseph A. Du Bray | Director of Photography |
| Camera | F.H. Sturges | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Eliot Howe | Assistant Director |
| Writing | William Allen White | Screenplay |