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

The Wrongdoers
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Directed byHugh Dierker
Written byLewis Allen Browne
Produced byBernarr Macfadden
StarringLionel Barrymore
Anne Cornwall
Henry Hull
CinematographyFred Chaston
John K. Holbrook
Production
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MacFadden True Story Pictures
Distributed byAstor Pictures
Ideal Films (UK)
Release date
  • September 3, 1925 (1925-09-03)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

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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.

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Preservation

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

References

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  1. ^ Munden p. 928
  2. ^ "New Pictures: The Wrongdoers", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (6), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 58, 31 October 1925, retrieved 2 November 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

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