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An American Citizen (1914) Online
Original Title :
An American Citizen
Genre :
Movie / Comedy / Romance
Year :
1914
Directror :
J. Searle Dawley
Cast :
John Barrymore,Evelyn Moore,Peter Lang
Writer :
J. Searle Dawley,Madeleine Lucette Ryley
Type :
Movie
Rating :
8.2/10
An American Citizen (1914) Online

Berresford Cruger, junior partner of the New York brokerage firm of Barbury, Brown and Cruger, is left a fortune of 60,000 pounds, by an English uncle, Carew, on the condition that he renounce his American citizenship, become a British subject, and marry an Englishwoman, the money otherwise being assigned to the Archaeological Society of England. Cruger patriotically refuses the fortune on these conditions, when his pretty English cousin, Beatrice Carew, who has been disinherited in favor of Cruger, because of a past romance with an American, suggests to him that they marry, and so keep the money in the family. Cruger's American chivalry, and a strong interest in his attractive cousin are aroused. At this critical moment the disappearance of Brown, with $80,000 which he had had in trust for a Miss Georgia Chapin, is discovered. Cruger and Barbury feel responsible for their partner's defalcation, which adds another incentive to Cruger's consent to a hasty marriage with Beatrice, who ...
Cast overview:
John Barrymore John Barrymore - Berresford Cruger
Evelyn Moore Evelyn Moore - Beatrice Carewe
Peter Lang Peter Lang - Peter Barbury
Hal Clarendon Hal Clarendon - Egerton Brown
Mrs. M.S. Smith Mrs. M.S. Smith - Carola Chapin
Ethel West Ethel West - Georgia Chapin
Howard Missimer Howard Missimer - Sir Humphrey Bunn
Edith Henkle Edith Henkle - Lady Bunn
Alexander Gaden Alexander Gaden - Otto Storbie
Wellington A. Playter Wellington A. Playter - Valet
Joe Short Joe Short - Office Boy
Ernest Truex Ernest Truex - Mercury