The Wrongdoers

The Wrongdoers
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Directed by	Hugh Dierker
Written by	Lewis Allen Browne
Produced by	Bernarr Macfadden
Starring	Lionel Barrymore Anne Cornwall Henry Hull
Cinematography	Fred Chaston John K. Holbrook
Production company	MacFadden True Story Pictures
Distributed by	Astor Pictures Ideal Films (UK)
Release date	September 3, 1925 (1925-09-03)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Wrongdoers is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Hugh Dierker and starring Lionel Barrymore, Anne Cornwall, and Henry Hull. ^[1]

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, ^[2] a druggist who is philanthropic but poor, heads a robber gang that steals from the rich to aid the poor. His son, who is in love with the daughter of the woman his father befriended, foils a robbery planned by his father. The father and the man who was to have been robbed are killed. The son and the young woman are married.

Cast

• Lionel Barrymore as Daniel Abbott
• Anne Cornwall as Helen Warren
• Henry Hull as Jimmy Nolan
• Henry Sedley as Sylvester Doane
• Blanche Craig as Honora
• Flora Finch as Society Woman
• William Calhoun as Butler
• Harry Lee as Solemn Man
• Tammany Young as Crook
• Tom Brown as Little Jimmy

Preservation

A complete print of The Wrongdoers exists at the UCLA Film & Television Archive in Los Angeles. ^[3]

References

1. Munden p. 928
2. "New Pictures: The Wrongdoers", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (6), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 58, October 31, 1925, retrieved November 2, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Wrongdoers

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. ISBN   978-0-520-20969-5.

External links

• The Wrongdoers at IMDb