Cameo Kirby (1923 film)

Cameo Kirby
Cameo Kirby
	Film poster
Directed by	John Ford
Written by	Robert N. Lee
Based on	Cameo Kirby (play); by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	John Gilbert ; Gertrude Olmstead ;
Cinematography	George Schneiderman
Production; company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	October 21, 1923(USA);
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated September 18, 2025

Cameo Kirby is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by John Ford which starred John Gilbert and Gertrude Olmstead and featured Jean Arthur in her onscreen debut. It was Ford's first film credited as John Ford instead of Jack Ford.^[1] The film is based on a 1908 play by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. The story had been filmed as a silent before in 1914 with Dustin Farnum, who had originated the role on Broadway in 1909. The film was remade as a talking musical film in 1930.

Plot

Cameo Kirby (1923)

Cast

John Gilbert as Cameo Kirby
Gertrude Olmstead as Adele Randall
Alan Hale as Colonel Moreau
Eric Mayne as Colonel Randall
W. E. Lawrence as Tom Randall (as William E. Lawrence)
Richard Tucker as Cousin Aaron Randall
Phillips Smalley as Judge Playdell
Jack McDonald as Larkin Bunce
Jean Arthur as Ann Playdell
Eugenie Forde as Madame Davezac
Frank Baker (uncredited)
Ken Maynard (uncredited)
George Reed as Croup (uncredited)
Ynez Seabury (uncredited)

Preservation

Prints of Cameo Kirby are maintained in the UCLA Film and Television Archive and at the Cinemateca Portuguesa (Portuguese Film Archive), in Lisbon.^[2]

References

↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Cameo Kirby". Silent Era. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2008.
↑ "Cameo Kirby". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2014.

External links

Cameo Kirby at IMDb
Cameo Kirby at Virtual History

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[silentera-1] "Progressive Silent Film List: Cameo Kirby". Silent Era. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 3, 2008.

[LOC-2] "Cameo Kirby". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Archived from the original on January 9, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2014.

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