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The Masquerader (1922 film)

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The Masquerader
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Directed byJames Young
Written byJohn Hunter Booth (play)
Katherine Cecil Thurston (novel)
Richard Walton Tully
StarringGuy Bates Post
Ruth Cummings
Edward Kimball
Edited byA. Carle Palm
Production
company
Richard Walton Tully Productions
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • July 1922 (1922-07)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Masquerader is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by James Young and starring Guy Bates Post, Ruth Cummings, and Edward Kimball.[1] A jaded British politician arranges for his place to be taken by his doppelganger cousin. The film was based on the 1904 novel The Masquerader by Katherine Cecil Thurston. It was remade in 1933 with Ronald Colman in the lead roles.

Cast

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Plot

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With his excessive indulgences, a revered British statesman ruins his political career. In order to make a comeback, he employees his cousin, who looks very much like him, as a body-double to take over his life in order to rekindle his political career.[2]

Preservation

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With no prints of The Masquerader located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Goble p.861
  2. ^ "The Masquerader". AV Club. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Masquerader

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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