Our Leading Citizen
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Alfred E. Green
Director
Thomas Meighan
Daniel Bentley, a lawyer
Lois Wilson
Katherine Fendle, his fiancée
William P. Carleton
Oglesby Fendle, a capitalist
Theodore Roberts
Col. Sam De Mott, a politician
Guy Oliver
Cale Higginson, Dan's friend
Film Details
Release Date
Jun
14,
1922
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players--Lasky
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,634ft
(7 reels)
Synopsis
At the outbreak of war, Dan Bentley, smalltown lawyer and celebrated fisherman, enlists and goes to France. There he meets Katherine Fendle, who is in Red Cross work. She is the sister of a wealthy citizen of his hometown. Dan distinguishes himself and is given a reception upon returning home. Katherine persuades him to run for Congress against Blagdon, the regular nominee and machine man; and Oglesby Fendle and Colonel De Mott offer to finance him if he agrees to protect their interests. Dan refuses, believing that Katherine has used him to further her brother's ends, and disappears from town. Blagdon sides with the schemers, but Katherine gets Dan back in the race; when he is elected, Dan goes to Washington with his new bride.
Director
Alfred E. Green
Director
Cast
Thomas Meighan
Daniel Bentley, a lawyer
Lois Wilson
Katherine Fendle, his fiancée
William P. Carleton
Oglesby Fendle, a capitalist
Theodore Roberts
Col. Sam De Mott, a politician
Guy Oliver
Cale Higginson, Dan's friend
Laurence Wheat
J. Sylvester Dubley, a law student
James Neill
Hon. Cyrus Blagdon, a Congressman
Lucien Littlefield
The Editor
Charles Ogle
The judge
Tom Kennedy
Boots
Sylvia Ashton
Mrs. Brazey
Ethel Wales
Eudora Mawdle
Crew
Film Details
Release Date
Jun
14,
1922
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players--Lasky
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures
Country
United States
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
6,634ft
(7 reels)
