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The Hottentot (1922 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Hottentot' is a 1922 American silent[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6287/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'The Hottentot'] comedy film directed by James W. Horne and Del Andrews and starred Douglas MacLean. It is based on the 1920 Broadway play 'The Hottentot' by William Collier, Sr. and Victor Mapes.[http://www.ibdb.com/show.php?id=4514 'The Hottentot' on Broadway at George M. Cohan's Theatre, March to June 1920; IBDb.com] (played at George M. Cohan's Theatre) Thomas H. Ince produced the feature with distribution by Associated First National.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9831 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:'The Hottentot']
The story was refilmed by Warner Brothers as 'The Hottentot' in 1929 as an early Vitaphone talkie.
Cast
*Raymond Hatton as Swift
*Madge Bellamy as Peggy Fairfax
*Douglas MacLean as Sam Harrington
*Lila Leslie as Mrs. Carol Chadwick
*Martin Best as Ollie Gilford
*Truly Shattuck as Mrs. May Gilford
*T. D. Crittenden as Major Reggie Townsend (credited as Dwight Crittendon)
*Bert Lindley as McKesson
*Stanhope Wheatcroft as Larry Crawford
Preservation status
It survives incomplete.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/Hottentot1922.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'The Hottentot'] at silentera.com
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