''The Man Hunt'' is a 1918 silent

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film directed by

Travers Vale Travers Vale (31 January 1865 – 10 January 1927) was an English-born silent film film director, director. He directed more than 70 films between 1910 and 1926. He was born in Liverpool and died in Hollywood, California from cancer. Trave ...

. It used a story by Fred Jackson originally titled ''A Modern Girl'' and a scenario by

Virginia Tyler Hudson Virginia Tyler Hudson (later known as Virginia Hudson Brightman; born January 7, 1886, in Gratz, Kentucky), was a prominent female journalist and screenwriter behind the scenes in the media industry in the early 20th century. Hudson had a long ...

. Released by the New Jersey-based

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, the film consisted of five reels and was 50 minutes long. The film premiered on June 10, 1918. The cinematographer was

Philip Hatkin Philip Hatkin was a Latvia-born cinematographer who worked in Hollywood during the early silent era. He shot dozens of films between 1915 and 1921. He frequently collaborated with directors like George Archainbaud and Harley Knoles. Biography ...

Plot

Betty Hammond is extremely wealthy, single, and lonely; having come into a fortune only recently. She decides to find a husband, but all of the appropriate landed gentry and affluent men bore her, and she can never be certain whether her suitors want her or her money. She searches for James Ogden; a man with whom she was romantically attached to as a young girl but has not seen for many years. She finds him as a poor laborer in a lumber camp. Betty pretends to be a humble stenographer in order to conceal her wealth and societal position. The two renew their romance, and Betty now secure in the knowledge that she is loved for herself, reveals the truth in James. He does not take it well, and she ends up kidnapping Ogden and a minister with aid of armed men stating she will not let them go until Ogden marries her. After further drama, all eventually ends happily in marriage.

Cast

Ethel Clayton Ethel Clayton (November 8, 1882 – June 6, 1966) was an American actress of the silent film era. Early years Born in Champaign, Illinois, Clayton attended St. Elizabeth's school in Chicago. Career Clayton debuted on stage as a professional ...

as Betty Hammond *

Rockliffe Fellowes Rockliffe St. Patrick Fellowes (17 March 1884 – 28 January 1950),''Who Was Who on Screen'' c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt..Retrieved 22 June 2018 was a Canadian actor born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He starred in films such as ''Regenerati ...

as James Ogden * Henry Warwick as English Lord * John Ardizoni (credited as John Adrizonia) as French Count * Herbert Barrington as Russian Prince *

Jack Drumier Jack Drumier (1867–1929) was an American film actor of the silent era.Beauchamp p.444 Selected filmography * ''The $5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot'' (1914) * '' The Beloved Adventuress'' (1917) * '' The Volunteer'' (1917) * '' Easy Money'' (1917 ...

as Parson Brown *

Al Hart Al Hart (c. 1927 – January 14, 2016) was a radio broadcaster. He began his career at WOBT WOBT is a radio station in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. It airs a sports Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that a ...

as Bigfoot Ben * John Dungan as Lemuel Thomas

References

External links

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