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''The Man from Mexico'' is a 1914 silent film produced by the
Famous Players Film Company The Famous Players Film Company was a film company founded in 1912 by Adolph Zukor in partnership with the Frohman brothers, powerful New York City theatre impresario. History Discussions to form the company were held at The Lambs, a famous th ...
and
Daniel Frohman Daniel Frohman (August 22, 1851 – December 26, 1940) was an American theatrical producer and manager, and an early film producer. Biography Frohman was born to a American Jews, Jewish family in Sandusky, Ohio. His parents were Henry (1826&nda ...
. It starred
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 ...
in his second feature film and was remade in 1926 as '' Let's Get Married'' starring
Richard Dix Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong ...
. The film was rereleased by Paramount in 1919 as part of the company's "Success Series" reissue of early successes. ''The Man from Mexico'' is now a
lost Lost may refer to getting lost, or to: Geography *Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland * Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US History *Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...
film. The film is based on a Broadway play by Henry A. DuSouchet and was first performed in 1897 with William Collier, Sr. Collier toured the play and it became a staple of his repertoire.


Cast

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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 ...
- Fitzhugh *
Wellington Playter Wellington A. Playter (9 December 1879 – 15 July 1937) was an English actor. He appeared in 43 films between 1913 and 1921. Selected filmography ''(Note:* means that he was credited as Wellington Playter)'' * '' The Daughter of the Hills' ...
- Prison Warden *
Harold Lockwood Harold A. Lockwood (April 12, 1887 – October 19, 1918) was an American silent film actor, director, and producer. He was one of the most popular matinee idols of the early film period during the 1910s. Early life and career Born in Brookl ...
- Danton *
Pauline Neff Pauline Neff (1885-1951) was an American stage and screen actress. The daughter of judge Daniel J. Neff, she was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania and died in Los Angeles California. Neff married James P. Munyon, a "multi-millionaire medicine man ...
- Clementia Fitzhew *Anton Ascher - Schmidt *Fred Annerly - Louis *Winona Winter - Sally *Nathaniel Sack


See also

* John Barrymore filmography


References


External links


''The Man from Mexico'' at IMDb.com''The Man from Mexico''; allmovie synopsislantern slide
1914 films American silent feature films American films based on plays Lost American films 1914 comedy films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Thomas N. Heffron 1914 lost films Lost comedy films 1910s American films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub