Too Much Money (film)

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Directed by John Francis Dillon
Written by Joseph F. Poland
Jack Jungmeyer
Based onplay, Too Much Money, by Israel Zangwill
Produced by First National Pictures
Starring Lewis Stone
Anna Q. Nilsson
Cinematography George J. Folsey
Edited by Arthur Tavares
Distributed by First National Pictures
Release date
  • January 3, 1926 (1926-01-03)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Too Much Money is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by John Francis Dillon and starring Lewis Stone and Anna Q. Nilsson. [1] [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [3] after watching his wife Annabel host a pajama breakfast party, Robert Broadley decides to curb his wife's social activities and takes his friend Dana Stuart's advice. He deeds his property to Stuart and tells his wife that they are broke. They move to a small apartment and Robert goes to work as a clerk in a store. While the husband is working, Stuart persuades the wife to elope with him. However, she tips off Robert and he catches up with them, and a fight ensues on the yacht. Meanwhile, the wife abstracts securities from Stuarts bag and then throws the bag overboard, having substituted papers for the valuables. Stuart jumps into the water after the bag. Husband and wife begin a new honeymoon with their regained fortune.

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Preservation

With no prints of Too Much Money located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film. [5]

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Too Much Money
  2. Progressive Silent Film List Too Much Money at silentera.com
  3. Campbell, William (January 23, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Too Much Money", Motion Picture News, New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc., 33 (4): 484, retrieved January 23, 2023PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Too Much Money
  5. Too Much Money at Arne Andersen's Lost Film File: List of lost First National films - 1926