The Amateur Gentleman (1926 film)

The Amateur Gentleman is a 1926 American silent ^[1] drama film produced by Inspiration Pictures and distributed through First National Pictures. Sidney Olcott directed it as a vehicle for star Richard Barthelmess.^[2][3]

The Amateur Gentleman
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Directed by	Sidney Olcott
Written by	Jeffrey Farnol (novel) Lillie Hayward (scenario) Tom Miranda (titles)
Produced by	Richard Barthelmess
Starring	Richard Barthelmess Dorothy Dunbar
Cinematography	David W. Gobbett
Distributed by	First National
Release date	August 15, 1926 (1926-08-15)
Running time	8 reels; 7,790 feet
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Amateur Gentleman ad in Motion Picture News, 1926

The story was previously adapted into a 1920 British silent film, and it was filmed again as 1936 with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

The Amateur Gentleman is preserved in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.^[4][5]

Cast

• Richard Barthelmess as Barnabas Barty
• Dorothy Dunbar as Lady Cleone Meredith
• Gardner James as Ronald Barrymaine
• Nigel Barrie as Sir Mortimer Carnaby
• Brandon Hurst as Peterby
• John Miljan as Viscount Devenham
• Edwards Davis as John Barty
• Billie Bennett as Duchess of Camberhurst
• Herbert Grimwood as Jasper Gaunt
• Gino Corrado as Prince Regent
• Sidney De Gray as Captain Chumley
• Hans Joby as Captain Slingsby

Production notes

The film was shot at Clune studios on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, and at the Samuel S. Hinds house in Pasadena.^[6]