The Amazing Impostor

Feb 2, 1919

0h 50m

★ 0.0

Overview

Rich young Joan Hope is ashamed of how her father made his money--as a chewing gum magnate. While taking a train trip, she meets the Countess of Crex, a member of the Russian nobility--who is, in reality, a jewel thief.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

American Film Company

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Cast

Joan Hope

Mary Miles Minter

Plinius Plumm Plunkett

Edward Jobson

Countess of Crex

Margaret Shelby

Robert La Rue

Carl Stockdale

Kent Standish

Allan Forrest

Herbert Thornton (as Henry Barrows)

Henry A. Barrows

Henry Hope

George Periolat

Mike (as Demetrius Mitsoras)

D. Mitsoras

Ike

John Gough

Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City. President J.B. Honeywell is to choose a new company sales manager. T.R. Kent and George Ellerbe are two salesmen who both want the job. However, they both get into trouble: T.R. is discredited when jealous saleswoman, Arlene Dale, interferes with his attempted seduction of Honeywell's daughter, Claire, and George attempts to seduce Nancy Lorraine. The position of sales manager is bestowed upon a drunken employee as a bribe after he catches J.B. about to visit "Daisy La Rue, Exterminator." Considered a lost film.

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Lovers' Post Office

Nov 2, 1914

A short comedy in which two lovers post their letters in a box in a tree. The old man gets wise and sets a snare, by which he catches Fatty's hand. The girl releases the snare and Fatty hooks the old man by the leg.

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Mabel’s Stormy Love Affair

Jan 5, 1914

Mabel Normand stars in this comedy short in which she has a world of trouble with her rival lovers.

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Mabel’s Latest Prank

Sep 10, 1914

Mabel meets a masher in the park while en route to get a position as maid. Later she finds the man was the husband of her new mistress. There is an exciting chase scene, and the picture winds up with everyone in the lake.

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Mabel’s Nerve

May 16, 1914

Mabel attempts to master a bucking horse as it speeds towards a cliff with Mack hot on her trail!

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Dry Martini

Oct 6, 1928

Upon hearing that his daughter Elizabeth, is coming from America to visit him in Paris, wealthy Willoughby Quimby, decides to give up dry martinis and women. However, Elizabeth seeks a wild time and ends up leaving France with her father's drinking buddy, Freddie, and Willoughby goes back to his dry martinis.

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A Missing Bride

Jun 18, 1914

A lost comedy short starring Mabel Normand in an unconfirmed role.

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Say It with Sables

Jul 13, 1928

In this silent film, now considered lost, Doug Caswell falls for Irene, his wealthy father's mistress. It's up to Doug's stepmother Helen to put things right.

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At Twelve O’Clock

Mar 27, 1913

An Italian makes love to a girl and is repulsed. She favors another man, and the Italian uses drastic measures to rid himself of his rival. He finally becomes angered at the girl and kidnaps her. He ties her to a post and arranges an infernal machine, attached to a clock, which will shoot off a revolver at 12 o'clock. The weapon is pointed at the girl, who makes frantic efforts to escape as the hands creep toward the fatal hour.

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Two Girls Wanted

Sep 11, 1927

Marianna Miller, who together with her sister Sarah pounds the pavements, looking for a job. After a period of starvation and deprivation Marianna is hired as secretary to duplicitous businessman Philip Hancock.

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The Alarm

May 28, 1914

A Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle & Mabel Normand comedy short. The film is considered lost.

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A Gambling Rube

Jun 15, 1914

A comedy short that revolves around a poker game, both above and underneath the table. This is considered to be a lost film.

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A Glimpse of Los Angeles

Jan 1, 1914

A Mabel Normand comedy short. It is considered a lost film.

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Bright Lights

Feb 20, 1916

The manager of a small town hotel installs a cabaret in an attempt to achieve the standard set by restaurants in the large cities. His effort is ludicrous because of the fact that his talent is all recruited from the help in the hotel. Roscoe, the cook, is forced to appear in a dress suit and when Al St. John appears from the bar there is a lively rivalry between the two for the applause of the crowd. Mabel, the waitress, vies with a professional dancer from the city. Into this setting comes William Jefferson, a polished sharper, who takes the innocent Mabel by storm.

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Beauty and the Rogue

Jan 29, 1918

Humanitarian Roberta induces her father to hire former convict, Bill, as his gardener. When she leaves on vacation, Bill steals her jewelry and eventually sells a brooch to her boyfriend, Richard, who unknowingly gives it to her as a present.

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Society Secrets

Feb 18, 1921

Amos Kerran and his wife live a traditional, old-fashioned life on a Connecticut farm, while their son and daughter, Arthur and Maybelle, are successes in New York society. The children want to invite their parents to the city at Christmastime but are ashamed of their unrefined appearance.

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The Arm of the Law

Apr 19, 1932

A reporter and a detective team up to solve the murder of a nightclub singer who had been involved in a divorce scandal.

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A Sporting Chance

Jul 13, 1919

A young lady takes on a convict as her chauffeur, believing him to be a burglar. In reality, however, he is an innocent broker.

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Винтик из другой машины

Jan 1, 1926

A man remakes his entire life after winning a significant sum. Lost film.

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The Dangerous Blonde

May 19, 1924

Colonel Faraday asks his daughter, Diana, to recover some letters he wrote to Yvette, an adventuress, when she tries to blackmail him.