The Fortune Hunter (1927)
The Fortune Hunter is a lost 1927 silent film comedy directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin. It is based on the 1909 Broadway play The Fortune Hunter by Winchell Smith. It was produced by Warner Brothers who released it with a Vitaphone soundtrack.
Director: Charles Reisner
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Syd Chaplin as Nat Duncan |
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Helene Costello as Josie Lockwood |
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Clara Horton as Betty Graham |
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Erville Alderson as Blinky Lockwood |
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Thomas Jefferson as Sam Graham |
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Duke Martin as Handsome Harry Graham |
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Nora Cecil as Betty Carpenter |
| Directing | Sandy Roth | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Bryan Foy | Writer |
| Directing | Charles Reisner | Director |
| Writing | Robert Dillon | Writer |
| Camera | Edwin B. DuPar | Director of Photography |