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Directed by | George Randolph Chester Lillian Josephine Chester |
Written by | George Randolph Chester Lillian Josephine Chester |
Starring | Wilfrid North Tom Gallery Antrim Short |
Cinematography | W. Steve Smith Jr. |
Production company | Vitagraph Company of America |
Distributed by | Vitagraph Company of America |
Release date | October 9, 1921 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Son of Wallingford is a 1921 American silent comedy drama film directed by George Randolph Chester and Lillian Josephine Chester and starring Wilfrid North, Tom Gallery and Antrim Short. [1] It is based on George Chester's novel The Son of Wallingford about a confidence trickster, itself inspired by his Cosmopolitan articles and an earlier hit play Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford . It was shot at Vitagraph's Flatbush Studios in Brooklyn. It was released by Vitagraph a couple of months before a Paramount Pictures version of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford .
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