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<i>The Masquerader</i> (1922 film)

The Masquerader (1922 film)

1922 film by James Young

The Masquerader is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by James Young and starring Guy Bates Post, Ruth Cummings, and Edward Kimball.[1] A jaded British politician arranges for his place to be taken by his doppelganger cousin. The film was based on the 1904 novel The Masquerader by Katherine Cecil Thurston. It was remade in 1933 with Ronald Colman in the lead roles.

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Plot

With his excessive indulgences, a revered British statesman ruins his political career. In order to make a comeback, he employees his cousin, who looks very much like him, as a body-double to take over his life in order to rekindle his political career.[2]

Preservation

With no prints of The Masquerader located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Goble p.861
  2. [2]
    "The Masquerader". AV Club. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  3. [3]
    The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Masquerader

Bibliography

  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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