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The Millionaire Vagrant
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4389 feet
Directed by Victor L. Schertzinger

Cast: Charles Ray [Steven Du Peyster], Sylvia Bremer (Sylvia Breamer) [Ruth Vail], J. Barney Sherry [Malcolm Blackridge], Jack Gilbert (John Gilbert) [James Cricket], Elvira Weil [Peggy O’Connor], Dorcas Matthews [Betty Vanderfleet], Aggie Herring [Mrs. Flannery], Josephine Headley [‘Squidge’], Carolyn Wagner [Rose], Walt Whitman [the old bookkeeper]

New York Motion Picture Corporation production; distributed by Triangle Distributing Corporation [Kay-Bee]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by J.G. Hawks. Production supervision by Thomas H. Ince. Cinematography by Paul Eagler. Presented by Thomas H. Ince. / No copyright registration. Released 27 May 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Submerged.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 18 March 2012.

References: Weaver-Twenty p. 142 : Website-AFI.