American Aristocracy

Director: Lloyd Ingraham, John Emerson Lloyd Ingraham

Overview

American Aristocracy is a breezy satirical silent farce totally dominated by its star, Douglas Fairbanks Sr. Screenwriter Anita Loos based the film's plot on her own short story, which cast a jaundiced eye on "nouveau riche" Americans who tried to buy their way into society's upper crust during the pre-World War I years. Fairbanks plays the scion of an old, established and very wealthy Virginian family, who believes in democracy rather than plutocracy. He takes it upon himself to puncture the pretensions of a bunch of would-be snobs at a vacation resort, finding time to quell a plan to sell arms to Mexican insurgents. It goes without saying that he wins the heroine (Jewel Carmen), a would-be snob who turns out to be a "regular fellow" at heart.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/21/2011
UPC:	0842614100154
Original Release:	1916
Source:	Grapevine Video
Language:	English
Sales rank:	59,688

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Albert Parker	Percy Horton
Jewel Carmen	Geraldine Hicks
Douglas Fairbanks	Cassius Lee

Technical Credits

Anita Loos

Anita Loos	Screenwriter
Lloyd Ingraham	Director
John Emerson	Director
D.W. Griffith	Producer