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The Cinderella Man (film)

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The Cinderella Man
Directed byGeorge Loane Tucker
Written byEdward Childs Carpenter (play)
George Loane Tucker
Produced bySamuel Goldwyn
StarringMae Marsh
Tom Moore
Alec B. Francis
CinematographyGeorge W. Hill
Production
company
Distributed byGoldwyn Pictures
Release date
  • December 16, 1917 (1917-12-16)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Cinderella Man is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by George Loane Tucker and starring Mae Marsh, Tom Moore and Alec B. Francis.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Hugo Ballin.

Plot summary

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When Marjorie Caner returns from abroad, she is quite lonely in her millionaire father's big house. Learning that a young poet, Anthony Quintard, is living in poverty next door while working on the libretto of a great opera, she skips across the roofs and brings him a Christmas banquet. The poet sees Marjorie, and knowing that he detests wealth, she pretends to be the secretary of the Caner family. Marjorie volunteers to type his libretto, and a close intimacy grows between them. Tony wins a $10,000 prize for his work but is enraged when he discovers that Marjorie is an heiress. Morris Caner, mellowed under his daughter's tutelage, comes to the rescue by feigning financial ruin, and manages to reconcile the two lovers.

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References

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  1. ^ McCaffrey & Jacobs p.187

Bibliography

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  • Donald W. McCaffrey & Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999.
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