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The Man from Mexico
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 5145 feet
Directed by Thomas N. Heffron

Cast: John Barrymore [Fitzhew], Wellington A. Playter [the prison warden], Harold Lockwood [Daunton], Pauline Neff [Clementia Fitzhew], Anton Ascher [Schmidt], Fred Annerly [Louis], Winona Winters [Sally], Nathaniel Sack

Famous Players Film Company production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Eve Unsell, from the play The Man from Mexico by Henry A. DuSouchet. Presented by Daniel Frohman. / Released 2 November 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA by Paramount Pictures Corporation in 1919. The play was subsequently filmed as Let’s Get Married (1926).

Comedy.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.2753.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 12 December 2024.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.2753; Edmonds-Arbuckle p. 269; Tarbox-Lost p. 205 : Website-IMDb.