The Fair Cheat

The Fair Cheat
The Fair Cheat
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Directed by	Burton L. King
Written by	William B. Laub
Starring	Edmund Breese ; Wilfred Lytell ; Dorothy Mackaill
Cinematography	Alfred Ortlieb
Production; company	Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America
Release date	September 16, 1923;
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated October 27, 2025

The Fair Cheat is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Burton L. King and starring Edmund Breese, Wilfred Lytell, and Dorothy Mackaill.^[1]

Cast

Edmund Breese as Morgan Van Dam
Wilfred Lytell as John Hamilton
Dorothy Mackaill as Camilla
Marie White as Gloria Starke
William Robyns as Rutledge Stone
Bradley Barker as Sloman Zeigler
Jack Newton as Sam Hiller
Tom Blake as 'Bunk' Willis

Preservation

With no prints of The Fair Cheat located in any film archives,^[2] it is a lost film.

References

↑ Munden p. 225
↑ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Fair Cheat

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

The Fair Cheat at IMDb
Lobby card at Getty Images

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[1] Munden p. 225

[2] Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Fair Cheat

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