American Aristocracy

Nov 5, 1916

0h 52m

★ 4.8

Overview

A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter.

Genres

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Fine Arts Film Company

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Cast

Cassius Lee

Douglas Fairbanks

Geraldine Hicks

Jewel Carmen

Leander Hicks (as Charles De Lima)

C.A. de Lima

Percy Horton

Albert Parker

Delgado (as Arthur Ortego)

Artie Ortego

Newsboy (uncredited)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Mexican (uncredited)

Charles Stevens

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