The Gentleman from Indiana

The Gentleman from Indiana
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Directed by	Frank Lloyd
Screenplay by	Julia Crawford Ivers Frank Lloyd
Based on	The Gentleman from Indiana by Booth Tarkington
Starring	Dustin Farnum Winifred Kingston Herbert Standing Page Peters Howard Davies Juan de la Cruz
Cinematography	F.A. Dobson
Production company	Pallas Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	November 28, 1915 (1915-11-28)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Gentleman from Indiana is a surviving 1915 American silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd and written by Julia Crawford Ivers and Frank Lloyd after the novel by Booth Tarkington. The film stars Dustin Farnum, Winifred Kingston, Herbert Standing, Page Peters, Howard Davies, and Juan de la Cruz. The film was released on November 28, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2]

Plot

The film was advertised as a "a powerful drama of politics and romance".[3]

Cast

• Dustin Farnum as John Harkless
• Winifred Kingston as Helen Sherwood
• Herbert Standing as Joe Fisbee
• Page Peters as Lige Willets
• Howard Davies as Rodney McCune
• Juan de la Cruz as Tom Meredith
• Joe Ray as Skillett
• Elsie Cort as Skillett's Girl
• C. Norman Hammond as Judge Briscoe
• Helen Jerome Eddy

Preservation status

A print of The Gentleman from Indiana is preserved in the Library of Congress collection, Packard Campus for Audio-Visual Conservation.[4][5]

References

1. "The Gentleman from Indiana (1915) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
2. "The Gentleman from Indiana". AFI. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
3. The Garden Island (newspaper), 23 May 1916
4. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 66 c.1978 by the American Film Institute
5. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Gentleman from Indiana

External links

• The Gentleman from Indiana at IMDb