American Aristocracy
About American Aristocracy
Cassius Lee, played by Douglas Fairbanks, wants Geraldine Hicks, daughter of a rich man, and he is up against an arms smuggler. The smuggler is running gunpowder. Lee's answer is physical: a car, a hydroplane, and a fight that breaks the shipment.
Cast & crew
More about American Aristocracy
Lloyd Ingraham directed Anita Loos's story. Victor Fleming photographed it. Triangle Film Corporation released it on 12 November 1916. Jewel Carmen plays Geraldine Hicks. Charles DeLima plays Leander Hicks. Albert Parker plays Percy Horton. Artie Ortego plays Delgado.
Themes
Background
A November 1916 Fine Arts comedy-adventure, released through Triangle while the United States was still watching the European war.
Making
Ingraham put Fairbanks through acrobatic business around Loos's smuggling plot.
Look
Victor Fleming photographed Fairbanks's chase, including the car and the hydroplane.
Preservation
A 35mm print is at the George Eastman House. The film is in the public domain.
Notes
- A circulating copy runs 51 minutes and 48 seconds.
- Fairbanks's stunts in the picture include a car race and a hydroplane.
- A viewer account of the plot identifies Percy as the man secretly shipping gunpowder to the Central Powers.
- The film is in the public domain.
Scenes
- Fairbanks races a car and takes a hydroplane after the smugglers.
Also available
- Internet Archive (AmericanAristocracy)
