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词条 The Nut (1921 film)
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Infobox film
| name = The Nut
| image = The-nut-1921.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Movie poster
| director = Theodore Reed
| producer = Douglas Fairbanks (producer)
| writer = Kenneth Davenport (story)
Douglas Fairbanks (writer)
William Parker (writer)
Lotta Woods (writer)
| narrator =
| starring = See below
| cinematography = William C. McGann
Harris Thorpe
Charles Warrington
| editing =
| studio = Douglas Fairbanks Pictures
| distributor = United Artists
| released = {{Film date|1921|03|06|U.S.}}
| runtime = 6 reels; 74 minutes (USA)
65 minutes (DVD)
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
| website =
}}The Nut is a 1921 American silent film comedy directed by Theodore Reed.[1]

Fairbanks biographer Jeffrey Vance writes, "Admittedly a minor work, The Nut is frequently dismissed in critical assessments of Fairbanks's career. This is unfortunate, for it contains some fascinating sequences and reveals much about the actor-producer's state of mind at the time it was made."[2] Vance also notes, "The picture is like a chaotic funhouse, filled with magical masquerades, illusions, and gimmicks of great momentary amusement."[3]

Plot

Based upon a summary in a film publication,[4] Charlie (Fairbanks) has a girlfriend Estrell (De La Motte) who has a theory that if rich people would take a number of poor children into their homes each day, the environment would cause the children to grow up properly. Since Estrell does not know any of these rich people, Charlie offers to arrange a meeting. However, Charlie thinks impostors will do as well as the real rich people, so first he hires some men who turn out to be burglars and gamblers. Then he tries using dummies, but Estell is not fooled and becomes indignant. A wealthy man working as a reporter goes to investigate a report of a man dragging a body which turns out to be Charlie moving a dummy, allowing Charlie to finally meet someone rich. Estell is satisfied and agrees to marry him.

Cast

  • Douglas Fairbanks as Charlie Jackson
  • Marguerite De La Motte as Estrell Wynn
  • William Lowery as Philip Feeney
  • Gerald Pring as Gentleman George
  • Morris Hughes as Pernelius Vanderbrook Jr
  • Barbara La Marr as Claudine Dupree
  • Sidney De Gray (credited as Sydney dé Grey)

Frank Campeau, Jeanne Carpenter, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Charles Stevens appear uncredited.

Fairbanks biographer Jeffrey Vance disputes the claims of many film historians that Charlie Chaplin appears in the film. "It is clearly as Chaplin imitator, not Chaplin himself, who appears briefly in the party sequence wearing the Tramp costume."[5]

References

1. ^The Nut at the silentera.com database
2. ^Vance, Jeffrey. Douglas Fairbanks. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2008, 86.
3. ^Vance, Jeffrey. Douglas Fairbanks. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2008, 89.
4. ^{{cite journal |title=The Nut: Some Good Comedy Bits, But Not Enough to Make "The Nut" Big |journal=Film Daily |volume=15 |issue=68 |page=2 |publisher=Wyd's Films and Film Folks, Inc. |location=New York City |date=Mar 13, 1921 |url=https://archive.org/details/filmdailyvolume11516newy |accessdate=2014-03-14}}
5. ^Vance, Jeffrey. Douglas Fairbanks. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2008. p.91 {{ISBN|978-0-520-25667-5}}.

External links

{{commons category|The Nut (1921 film)}}
  • {{IMDb title|id=0012513|title=The Nut}}
  • {{allmovie|104414|Synopsis}}
  • {{Internet Archive film|id=The_Nut|name=The Nut}}
  • The Nut at Virtual History
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