Less Than Kin

Less Than Kin
Directed by	Donald Crisp
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky
Screenplay by	Marion Fairfax Alice Duer Miller
Starring	Wallace Reid Ann Little Raymond Hatton Noah Beery, Sr. James Neill Charles Ogle
Cinematography	Henry Kotani
Production company	Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	July 21, 1918 (1918-07-21)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Less Than Kin is a lost^[1] 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and written by Marion Fairfax and Alice Duer Miller. The film stars Wallace Reid, Ann Little, Raymond Hatton, Noah Beery, Sr., James Neill and Charles Ogle.^[2]^[3] The film was released on July 21, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[4] Lewis Vickers (Reid), a young American languishing in South America because he is "wanted" for a crime which was the result of an accident, comes across another American Hobart Lee (Reid) who greatly resembles him. That man dies and Vickers, to get back to the United States, decides to impersonate him. He is taken to the family group upon his arrival in New York City and soon finds himself possessed of the encumbrances and debts left by the former youth, which include a wife and three children. He is left a fortune, but discloses his identity and flees to Canada. En route he marries the ward of his benefactor, who had helped him escape and had hid in his automobile. Eventually he is cleared of all guilt and has a happy ending.

Cast

Wallace Reid as Hobart Lee / Lewis Vickers
Ann Little as Nellie Reid
Raymond Hatton as James Emmons
Noah Beery, Sr. as Senor Cortez
James Neill as Dr. Nunez
Charles Ogle as Overton
Jane Wolfe as Maria (credited as Jane Wolff)
James Cruze as Jinx
Guy Oliver as Peters
Calvert Carter as Plimpton
Jack Herbert as Sheriff (credited as J. Herbert)
Gustav von Seyffertitz as Endicott Lee

References

↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Less Than Kin
↑ "Less Than Kin (1918) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
↑ "Less Than Kin". AFI. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
↑ "Reviews: Less Than Kin". Exhibitors Herald (New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company) 7 (6): 34. August 3, 1918.

External links

Less Than Kin at the Internet Movie Database
Synopsis at AllMovie

Films directed by Donald Crisp

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1920s	The Six Best Cellars (1920) Miss Hobbs (1920) Held by the Enemy (1920) The Barbarian (1921) The Princess of New York (1921) Appearances (1921) The Bonnie Brier Bush (1921) Tell Your Children (1922) Ponjola (1924) The Navigator (1924) Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925) Sunny Side Up (1926) Young April (1926) Nobody's Widow (1927) Man Bait (1927) Vanity (1927) The Fighting Eagle (1927) Dress Parade (1927) Stand and Deliver (1928) The Cop (1928)

1930s	The Runaway Bride (1930)

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