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The Gentleman from Indiana
Also known as [A Gentleman from Indiana]
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Frank Lloyd

Cast: Dustin Farnum [John Harkless], Winifred Kingston [Helen Sherwood], Herbert Standing [Joe Fisbee], Page Peters [Lige Willets], Howard Davies [Rodney McCune], Signor Juan de la Cruz [Tom Meredith], Joe Ray [Skillett], Elsie Cort [Skillett’s girl], C. Norman Hammond [Judge Briscoe], Helen Eddy

Pallas Pictures production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / From the novel The Gentleman from Indiana by Booth Tarkington. Technical director, Earl Sibley. Cinematography by Fred Dobson. Musical accompaniment selected and arranged by George W. Beynon. / © 3 November 1915 by J.C. Ivers (Julia Crawford Ivers) [LP6896]. Released 25 November 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA on 18 May 1919.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.1533.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 17 March 2012.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.1533; Tarbox-Lost p. 247 : Website-AFI : with additional information provided by Pete Jones..