The Million
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T. N. Heffron
Director
Edward Abeles
"Le Baron"
Ruby Hoffman
William Roselle
J. D. Murphy
R. S. Gill
Film Details
Release Date
Dec
31,
1914
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players Savage Co.; Famous Players Film Co.
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Million by Georges Berr, Marcel Guillemaud (Paris, 11 Nov 1910).
Synopsis
"Le Baron" is a gentleman crook who assumes a series of disguises in order to secure a lottery ticket worth one million dollars. With the police following closely behind him, the Baron impersonates Bowery clothing dealer Ike Damskinski, a famous opera singer named Donatelli, a reporter, a waiter, and a female cabaret dancer. In the end, however, the Baron proves instrumental in returning the ticket to its rightful owner.
Director
T. N. Heffron
Director
Film Details
Release Date
Dec
31,
1914
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Famous Players Savage Co.; Famous Players Film Co.
Distribution Company
Paramount Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Million by Georges Berr, Marcel Guillemaud (Paris, 11 Nov 1910).
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Henry W. Savage, who was involved in the production of the film, produced the play on Broadway. It opened there on October 23, 1911. René Clair directed a film based on the same source, entitled Le Million which premiered in Paris April 15, 1931 and starred Annabella and René Lefèvre.
