''Three X Gordon'' is a 1918 American silent

comedy drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring J. Warren Kerrigan, Lois Wilson and

Charles K. French Charles K. French (born Charles Ekrauss French or Charles E. Krauss; January 17, 1860 – August 2, 1952) was an American film actor, screenwriter and director who appeared in more than 240 films between 1909 and 1945. Biography French was ...

Cast

* J. Warren Kerrigan as Harold Chester Winthrop Gordon * Lois Wilson as Dorrie Webster *

as Jim Gordon *

Gordon Sackville Gordon Sackville (born 1880 - August 6, 1926) was a film actor. Earlier in his career he appeared on stage. He was part of several Hobart Bosworth productions. He was in '' The Best Man Wins'', one of the first Hollywood films. Sackville was born ...

as Mr. Webster * John Gilbert as Archie *

Jay Belasco Jay Belasco (January 11, 1888 May 1, 1949), born Reginald James Belasco, was an American film actor whose career mostly involved silent film. Belasco was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was a cousin of actors Walter Belasco and David Belasco. H ...

as Walter *

Leatrice Joy Leatrice Joy (born Leatrice Johanna Zeidler; November 7, 1893 – May 13, 1985) was an American actress most prolific during the silent film era. Early life Joy was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to dentist Edward Joseph Zeidler, who was o ...

as Farmer's Daughter *

Walter Perry Walter Laing MacDonald Perry, Baron Perry of Walton, OBE, FRS, FRCP, FRSE (16 June 1921 – 17 July 2003) was a distinguished Scottish academic. He was the first Vice Chancellor of the Open University. Life Perry was born in Dundee, son o ...

as Farmer Muldoon * Don Bailey as Josiah Higgins * Stanhope Wheatcroft as Thomas Jefferson Higgins

Production

Filming started in August 1918 at the former Willis-Inglis Studio in Hollywood until late September the same year.

Preservation

With no prints of ''Three X Gordon'' located in any film archives, it is considered a

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.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Three X Gordon''
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References

Bibliography

* Golden, Eve. ''John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars''. University Press of Kentucky, 2013.

External links

* 1918 films 1918 comedy films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films directed by Ernest C. Warde Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation Silent American comedy films 1910s American films 1918 lost films {{Silent-film-stub