The Canadian (film)

The Canadian
Directed by William Beaudine
Produced by Adolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
Written by Arthur Stringer (adaptation, scenario)
Julian Johnson(intertitles)
Based on The Land of Promise 
by W. Somerset Maugham
Starring Thomas Meighan
Cinematography Alvin Wyckoff
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates
  • November 27, 1926
Running time
80 minutes; 8 reels (7,753 feet)
Country US
Language Silent

The Canadian is an extant 1926 silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play, The Land of Promise, by W. Somerset Maugham. The film was directed by William Beaudine and starred Thomas Meighan. Meighan had costarred with Billie Burke in a 1917 silent film based on the same story, The Land of Promise. In both films he plays the same part. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress.[1][2][3]

Cast

References

  1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  2. The Canadian at silentera.com
  3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress by The American Film Institute, c.1978

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