Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921)
1h 10m
Running Time
December 4, 1921Release Date
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921)
1h 10m
Running Time
December 4, 1921Release Date
Plot.
Two confidence men pose as investors to fleece the denizens of a small town. They build a carpet-tack factory with the funds, but some stockholders are suspicious. Eventually, someone tries to take over the business by buying it from them. The film is presumed lost.
Where to Watch.
No streaming offers found
Cast & Crew.
Sam Hardy
J. Rufus Wallingford
Norman Kerry
'Blackie' Daw
Doris Kenyon
Fannie Jasper
Diana Allen
Gertrude Dempsey
Edgar Nelson
Eddie Lamb
Edgar Nelson
Eddie Lamb
Billie Dove
Dorothy Wells
Mac Barnes
Andrea Dempsey
William T. Hayes
G. W. Battles
Horace James
Timothy Battles
John Woodford
Mr. Wells
Mrs. Charles Willard
Mrs. Dempsey
Donald Keith
Harkins
William Carr
Quigg
William Robyns
Abe Gunther
Theodore Westman Jr.
the bellboy
Patterson Dial
Bessie
Jerry Sinclair
Judge Hampton
Benny One
Wallingford’s valet
Frank Borzage
Director
Luther Reed
Writer
George Randolph Chester
Story
George M. Cohan
Adaptation
Chester A. Lyons
Cinematography
Joseph Urban
Set Designer
Jack Kelly
Electrician
Details.
Wiki.
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford is a lost 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Borzage. The film's script was adapted by writer Luther Reed from the 1910 Broadway play by George M. Cohan, which in turn was adapted from the novel Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford by George Randolph Chester. Produced by Cosmopolitan Productions and distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation, the film was released in seven reels on December 4, 1921.
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford was the film being shown at the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington when that building collapsed, killing 98 people and injuring 133.