The_Canadian_(1926_film)

<i>The Canadian</i> (film)

The Canadian (film)

1926 film

The Canadian is an extant 1926 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play, The Land of Promise, by W. Somerset Maugham. The film was directed by William Beaudine and starred Thomas Meighan. Meighan had costarred with Billie Burke in a 1917 silent film based on the same story, The Land of Promise. In both films he plays the same part. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress.[1][2][3]

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Plot

A couple undergo hardship homesteading in Alberta, where they are plagued by bad weather and financial woes.

Cast

References

  1. [1]
    The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  2. [2]
    Progressive Silent Film List: The Canadian at silentera.com
  3. [3]
    Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress by The American Film Institute, c.1978
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