''The Lonesome Chap'' is a 1917 American

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directed by

Edward LeSaint Edward LeSaint (January 1, 1871 – September 10, 1940) was an American stage and film actor and director whose career began in the silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dia ...

and written by Harvey Gates and Emma Rochelle Williams. The film stars

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, House Peters, Sr., John Burton, Eugene Pallette, J. Parks Jones and Pietro Buzzi. The film was released on April 19, 1917, by

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Plot

Cast

as Renee D'Armand * House Peters, Sr. as Stuart Kirkwood *John Burton as Doc Nelson * Eugene Pallette as George Rothwell * J. Parks Jones as George Rothwell Jr. *Pietro Buzzi as Victor D'Armand *Betty Johnson as Peggy Carter

References

External links

* 1917 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1917 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Edward LeSaint American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub