The Amazing Impostor
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| Directed by | Lloyd Ingraham |
| Produced by | American Film Company |
| Written by |
Joseph Franklin Poland (screen story) Frank Howard Clark (scenario) |
| Starring | Mary Miles Minter |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release dates |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Amazing Impostor is a lost[1] 1919 American silent comedy film starring Mary Miles Minter and directed by Lloyd Ingraham.[2][3]
Plot
As described in a film magazine,[4] the daughter of the "chewing gum king" Joan Hope (Minter) has social aspirations, but is held back by the fact that her father manufactures gum. She meets a countess (Shelby) on a train, who offers to lend Joan her title for a week if she will hold a package for her. Joan accepts, not knowing that the "countess" is actually a thief and that the package contains stolen diamonds. Joan passes herself off as a countess at a big hotel, and detective Kent Standish (Forrest) begins to shadow her. The countess and her gang of crooks try to recover the package of diamonds, causing several entangling situations until Joan escapes with the detective, whom she has come to love.
Cast
- Mary Miles Minter - Joan Hope
- Edward Jobson - Plinius Plumm Plunket
- Margaret Shelby - Countess of Crex
- Carl Stockdale - Robert La Rue
- Allan Forrest - Kent Standish
- Henry A. Barrows - Herbert Thornton
- George Periolat - Henry Hope
- Demetrius Mitsoras - Mike
- John Gough - Ike
References
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Amazing Impostor
- ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Amazing Impostor at silentera.com
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Amazing Impostor
- ↑ Weitzel, Edward (Feb 1, 1919). "Critical Reviews and Comments: The Amazing Impostor". Moving Picture World (New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company) 39 (4): 674. Retrieved 2014-07-18.