An Amateur Devil


1920

Film Details

Also Known As
Wanted--A Blemish
Release Date
Dec 19, 1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Wanted: A Blemish" by Jessie E. Henderson, Henry J. Buxton in Ainslee's Magazine (Feb 1919).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
4,464ft (5 reels)

Synopsis

Carver Endicott, a young sophisticate, is rejected by his fiancée for being too foppish and dull. When she feigns an interest in his father, Carver attempts to disgrace his family name by working as a farmhand and later as a busboy in a hotel. However, the newspapers only praise him for his self-sacrificing principles; and finding that he cannot bring shame to the family through menial labor, he takes up with a notorious actress. But when this maneuver also fails, he returns to his former fiancée, who has no further complaint about his being an inexperienced dullard.

Film Details

Also Known As
Wanted--A Blemish
Release Date
Dec 19, 1920
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
Distribution Company
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "Wanted: A Blemish" by Jessie E. Henderson, Henry J. Buxton in Ainslee's Magazine (Feb 1919).

Technical Specs

Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
4,464ft (5 reels)

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Notes

Famous Players-Lasky announced the film as a 1920 release, but reviews of the film do not appear until 1921; it is listed in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30 (F2.0108). The film's working title was Wanted-A Blemish. It was filmed at the Morosco Studios in Los Angeles.