Lo sciocco (1920)
Nick van Alstyne, proprietario di una delle più prospere miniere d'argento americane, ha due figli: Bertie, ragazzo ingenuo da tutti considerato uno sciocco, e Rose, sposata con il detective Mark. Quest'ultimo fa naufragare miseramente i propositi matrimoniali di suo cognato Bertie addossandogli la paternità della sua figlia illegittima e rovina la famiglia della moglie svendendo un carico di argento. Bertie, che ha ricevuto dal padre 100.000 dollari per dimostrare a tutti le sue capacità imprenditoriali, si dimostrerà l'unico della famiglia con il senso degli affari.
Direttori:
Herbert Blaché, Winchell Smith.
Scrittore:
June Mathis
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Buster Keaton as Bertie Van Alstyne |
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William H. Crane as Nicholas Van Alstyne |
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Beulah Booker as Agnes Gates |
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Irving Cummings as Mark Turner |
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Edward Jobson as Reverend Murray Hilton |
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Edward Connelly as Mr. Musgrave |
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Edward Alexander as Watson Flint |
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Carol Holloway as Rose Turner |
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Jack Livingston as Dr. George Wainright |
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Odette Tyler as Mrs. Cornelia Opdyke |
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Katherine Albert as Hattie (uncredited) |
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Henry Clauss as Valet (uncredited) |
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Edward F. Cline as Stock Exchange member (uncredited) |
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Alfred Hollingsworth as Hathaway (uncredited) |
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Helen Holte as Henrietta Reynolds (uncredited) |
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Jeffrey Williams as Hutchins (uncredited) |
| Directing | Herbert Blaché | Director |
| Directing | Winchell Smith | Director |
| Writing | June Mathis | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bronson Howard | Writer |
| Writing | Victor Mapes | Writer |
| Writing | Winchell Smith | Writer |
| Production | John Golden | Producer |
| Production | Marcus Loew | Producer |
| Production | Winchell Smith | Producer |
| Camera | Harold Wenstrom | Director of Photography |
| Art | F.H. Webster | Art Direction |
| Directing | Marcel De Sano | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Buster Keaton | Writer |