Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
About Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne and Rodney Blake are nearly broke American clerks in Monte Carlo when Hawthorne breaks the bank. Driving through the poor kingdom of Bovinia, he loses his cap and meets a woman he falls for. He stays and is talked into paying for a revolution. He then learns she is Princess Irma, and that she is in danger of being killed.
Cast & crew
More about Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
James Cruze directed Walter Woods's scenario, from James B. Fagan's play, which opened in New York on 4 November 1912 with Douglas Fairbanks. Jesse L. Lasky was president of the company. Paramount-Artcraft released the film on 30 November 1919. Copyright LP14409, 3 November 1919. The negative length on the AFI record is 4,780 feet, five reels. Wilfred Buckland was art director. Cullen Tate assisted Cruze.
Themes
Background
Fagan's comedy had been a Fairbanks vehicle on Broadway in 1912. The film keeps the American who spends a Monte Carlo fortune on a pocket kingdom.
Preservation
The AFI holdings catalog lists a print in the Library of Congress collection.
Notes
- Wallace Reid plays Hawthorne, Lila Lee plays Princess Irma, and Harrison Ford plays Rodney Blake.
- Tully Marshall plays Nitchi, Charles Ogle plays Colonel Radulski, Guy Oliver plays Count Henloe, and Edwin Stevens plays Prince Vladimir.
- Frank Urson, William Marshall, and Charles F. Schoenbaum are the credited cameramen.
- Moving Picture World, Exhibitors Trade Review, and Variety all carried notices in the last ten days of November 1919.
Scenes
- Hawthorne breaks the bank at Monte Carlo.
- He learns the woman who found his cap is Princess Irma.
Influenced by
- James B. Fagan's play Hawthorne of the U.S.A. (1912)
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-hawthorne-of-the-u-s-a-)
