Oil
Cast & Crew
Wilfrid North
Guy Empey
Florence Evelyn Martin
Harry Burkhardt
Templer Saxe
William Eville
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Synopsis
Bobbie Walters, a cab driver in a Midwest city who is trying to save enough money to marry his sweetheart, Dorothy Wright, an attendant at the cigar and newspaper counter of a large hotel, is able to amass $15,000. He acts like a millionaire and soon is fleeced of the money by two Wall Street swindlers. Broke, Bobbie is forced to work as a bellboy at Dorothy's hotel. After a series of struggles and adventures, Bobby wins a fortune in the oil fields of Louisiana, despite the efforts of his rivals, who dynamite his oil derricks. Bobbie and Dorothy marry in the end.
Director
Wilfrid North
Cast
Guy Empey
Florence Evelyn Martin
Harry Burkhardt
Templer Saxe
William Eville
Harry Lee
Denton Vane
Maggie Weston
Evelyn Sherman
Chester Bishop
Emily Fitzroy
Louise Best
Louis Grizel
Victor Stewart
Al Davis
Crew
Guy Empey
Guy Empey
Guy Empey
James Fleming
Eugene De Tousard French
William Addison Lathrop
Harry Lee
Kathleen Mcivor
Herbert Messmore
Thomas F. Molloy
Eugene Morin
Philip Quinn
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Notes
This was the first film of Guy Empey Pictures Corp., also known as Guy Empey Productions. The film was shot at the Paragon studio in Fort Lee, NJ. Some scenes were shot in Shreveport, LA, in oil fields near Shreveport, at Caddo Lake, and in the oil boom town of Homer, LA. The film was previewed under the title Oil in April 1920 by officials of Guy Empey Pictures Corp. A pre-release showing of Oil was given in Shreveport before August 1920. By November 1920, the film's name had been changed to Liquid Gold, and the Pioneer Film Corp. had acquired the rights to it. However, there is no indication that the film was released under the title Liquid Gold. The film was released under the title A Millionaire for a Day by the Pioneer Film Corp. in 1921. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.3628.)
