''Free Air'' is a 1922 American silent

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directed by

Edward H. Griffith Edward H. Griffith (August 23, 1888 – March 3, 1975)F ...

and starring Tom Douglas, Marjorie Seaman and Henry G. Sell. It is an adaptation of the 1919 novel ''

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'' by

Sinclair Lewis Harry Sinclair Lewis (February 7, 1885 – January 10, 1951) was an American writer and playwright. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States (and the first from the Americas) to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was ...

Cast

* Tom Douglas as Milt Daggett * Marjorie Seaman as Claire Boltwood * George Pauncefort as Henry B. Boltwood * Henry G. Sell as Jeffrey Saxton *

Dorothy Allen Dorothy Allen (October 23, 1896 – September 30, 1970) was an American actress principally active in the 1920s. Born in Houston, Texas, Allen landed her first roles in 1918 and acted in several Poverty Row films through 1925.

as Minne Rauskekle *

Ben Hendricks Jr. Ben is frequently used as a shortened version of the given names Benjamin, Benedict, Bennett or Benson, and is also a given name in its own right. Ben (in he, בֶּן, ''son of'') forms part of Hebrew surnames, e.g. Abraham ben Abraham ( h ...

as The Tramp

Preservation

This film is currently

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.''Free Air'' at silentera.com
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References

Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

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allmovie.com
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