Cameo Kirby | |
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Directed by | John Ford |
Produced by | William Fox |
Written by | Robert N. Lee Booth Tarkington (play) Harry Leon Wilson (play) |
Starring | John Gilbert Gertrude Olmstead |
Cinematography | George Schneiderman |
Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date(s) | October 21, 1923 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent English intertitles |
Cameo Kirby is a 1923 silent drama film directed by John Ford and featured Jean Arthur in her onscreen debut. It was Ford's first film credited as John Ford instead of Jack Ford.[1] It was based on a play by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. The story had been filmed as a silent before in 1915 with Dustin Farnum, who had originated the role on Broadway in 1909. The film was remade as an talking musical film in 1930.
Prints of the film exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive and at the Cinemateca Portuguesa (Portuguese Film Archive), in Lisbon.