''An American Citizen'' is a 1914 American silent

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film directed by

J. Searle Dawley James Searle Dawley (October 4, 1877 – March 30, 1949) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, stage actor, and playwright. Between 1907 and the mid-1920s, while working for Edison, Rex Motion Picture Company, Famous Player ...

. The film is noteworthy as the feature film debut of

John Barrymore John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly att ...

. Distributed by

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, the film is based on the 1897 Broadway play of the same name by

Madeleine Lucette Ryley Madeleine Lucette Ryley (26 December 1858 – 7 February 1934) was an English actress and playwright known for her plays in London and then America in the late 1800s. She began writing plays under the pseudonym Noel Grant until she gained fame as ...

. The film is now presumed

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. The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''An Anmerican Citizen''
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Cast

- Beresford Kruger * Evelyn Moore - Beatrice Carewe * Peter Lang - Peter Barbury *

Hal Clarendon Hal Clarendon (1876–1959) was an actor and director in the United States. He had a namesake stock theater company. He appeared in theatrical shows including as a lead. He was slated to direct ''The Other Man'' starring Hobart Henley and Irene Hu ...

- Egerton Brown * Mrs. M.S. Smith - Carola Chapin * Ethel West - Georgia Chapin * Howard Missimer - Sir Humphrey Bunn * Edith Henkle - Lady Bunn *

Alexander Gaden Alexander Gaden (February 20, 1872, Newfoundland - January 14, 1958 Cook County, Chicago) was a silent film actor. He starred in 32 films between 1912 and 1923. He was often seen in early efforts by Adolph Zukor's fledgling Famous Players Film ...

- Otto Storbie * Wellington A. Playter - Valet * Joe Short - Office Boy *

Ernest Truex Ernest Truex (September 19, 1889 – June 26, 1973) was an American actor of stage, film, and television. Career Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Truex learned acting at an early age after his father, a doctor, treated actor Edwin Melvin, who ...

- Mercury * Alexandru Haidau

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