''Inspiration'' is a 1928 American
silent drama film
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directed by
Bernard McEveety and starring
George Walsh
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,
Gladys Frazin
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On Broadway, Frazin played Mimi in ''The Masked Woman'' (1922). Also on stage she featured in Edgar ...
and
Marguerite Clayton
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.
[Munden p.381] It is also known by the
alternative title of ''Love's Test''.
Synopsis
When he is falsely accused of having fathered a child with another woman, a man is abandoned by his fiancée and disinherited by his father. He leaves for China. There he meets a dancer, Carlita, who persuades him to return home and establish the truth, despite the fact she herself loves him.
Cast
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George Walsh
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as Gerald Erskine
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Gladys Frazin
Gladys Frazin (June 21, 1900 – March 9, 1939) was an American stage and film actress. She appeared in a mixture of American and British films.
On Broadway, Frazin played Mimi in ''The Masked Woman'' (1922). Also on stage she featured in Edgar ...
as Carlita
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Marguerite Clayton
Marguerite Clayton (born Margaret Fitzgerald; April 12, 1891 – December 20, 1968) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 170 films between 1909 and 1928, many of which were westerns with Broncho Billy Anderson ...
as Mary Keith
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Earle Larrimore as Jimmie
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Bradley Barker
Bradley Barker (January 18, 1883 – September 29, 1951) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He also created sound effects for film and radio.
Born in Long Island, New York, Barker was a vaudeville performer and an a ...
as George Gordon
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Ali Yousoff
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as Pietro
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John Costello as Capt. Broady
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Buddy Harris
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as Bobby
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Bernice Vert as Anna Martin
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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1928 films
1928 drama films
Silent American drama films
Films directed by Bernard McEveety
American silent feature films
1920s English-language films
American black-and-white films
1920s American films
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