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| director = [[Robert Thornby]]
| director = [[Robert Thornby]]
| producer = [[Jesse L. Lasky]]
| producer = [[Jesse L. Lasky]]
| screenplay = [[Frances Hodgson Burnett]]<br>Edith M. Kennedy
| screenplay = Edith M. Kennedy
| based on = {{based on|''A Fair Barbarian''|[[Frances Hodgson Burnett]]}}
| starring = [[Vivian Martin]]<br>[[Clarence Geldart]]<br>[[Douglas MacLean]]<br>[[Jane Wolfe]]<br>[[Josephine Crowell]]<br>[[Mae Busch]]
| starring = [[Vivian Martin]]<br>[[Clarence Geldart]]<br>[[Douglas MacLean]]<br>[[Jane Wolfe]]<br>[[Josephine Crowell]]<br>[[Mae Busch]]
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| runtime = 50 minutes
| runtime = 50 minutes
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = English
| language = Silent (English [[intertitle]]s)
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'''''The Fair Barbarian''''' is a 1917 American [[Comedy film|comedy]] [[silent film]] directed by [[Robert Thornby]] and written by [[Frances Hodgson Burnett]] and Edith M. Kennedy. The film stars [[Vivian Martin]], [[Clarence Geldart]], [[Douglas MacLean]], [[Jane Wolfe]], [[Josephine Crowell]] and [[Mae Busch]]. The film was released on December 17, 1917, by [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/90870/Fair-Barbarian/overview|title=Fair-Barbarian - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/493315/The-Fair-Barbarian/|title=The Fair Barbarian (1917) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref>
'''''The Fair Barbarian''''' is a 1917 American [[Comedy film|comedy]] [[silent film]] directed by [[Robert Thornby]] and written by Edith M. Kennedy based upon a novel by [[Frances Hodgson Burnett]]. The film stars [[Vivian Martin]], [[Clarence Geldart]], [[Douglas MacLean]], [[Jane Wolfe]], [[Josephine Crowell]], and [[Mae Busch]]. The film was released on December 17, 1917, by [[Paramount Pictures]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/90870/Fair-Barbarian/overview|title=Fair-Barbarian - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/493315/The-Fair-Barbarian/|title=The Fair Barbarian (1917) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|accessdate=5 January 2015}}</ref> Its survival status is classified as unknown,<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/F/FairBarbarian1917.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Fair Barbarian''] at silentera.com</ref> which suggests that it is a [[lost film]].
==Plot==
==Plot==
As described in a [[film magazine]],<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reviews: ''The Fair Barbarian'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=23 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=New York City |date=January 5, 1917 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald06exhi}}</ref> Octavia Bassett (Martin) of Bloody Gulch, after a breakup with her sweetheart, decides to visit her Aunt Belinda (Wolfe) in Slowbridge. Her apparel and automobile shock the inhabitants of Slowbridge, and tongues are set wagging at the musicale of Lady Theobald (Crowell). Octavia matches wits with Captain Barold (Gerrald). Lady Theobald is anxious for the Caption to marry her niece Lucia (Busch). However, Lucia loves Mr. Burmistone (Paget), a "common" mill owner. Just as Octavia has decided that she will marry the Captain, her father and Jack Belasys (MacLean), her ex-fiance, arrive in Slowbridge. The pleasure of seeing Jack and knowing that she can return to Bloody Gulch reunite Jack and Octavia.
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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0007926|The Fair Barbarian}}
*{{IMDb title|0007926|The Fair Barbarian}}
*[http://alchetron.com/The-Fair-Barbarian-38543-W Film still] at alchetron.com
*Burnett, Frances Hodgson (1881), ''[https://archive.org/details/fairbarbarian00burnrich A Fair Barbarian]]'', Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, on the Internet Archive


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Revision as of 23:27, 21 September 2015

The Fair Barbarian
Directed byRobert Thornby
Screenplay byEdith M. Kennedy
Produced byJesse L. Lasky
StarringVivian Martin
Clarence Geldart
Douglas MacLean
Jane Wolfe
Josephine Crowell
Mae Busch
CinematographyJames Van Trees
Production
company
Pallas Pictures
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 17, 1917 (1917-12-17)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Fair Barbarian is a 1917 American comedy silent film directed by Robert Thornby and written by Edith M. Kennedy based upon a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The film stars Vivian Martin, Clarence Geldart, Douglas MacLean, Jane Wolfe, Josephine Crowell, and Mae Busch. The film was released on December 17, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2] Its survival status is classified as unknown,[3] which suggests that it is a lost film.

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[4] Octavia Bassett (Martin) of Bloody Gulch, after a breakup with her sweetheart, decides to visit her Aunt Belinda (Wolfe) in Slowbridge. Her apparel and automobile shock the inhabitants of Slowbridge, and tongues are set wagging at the musicale of Lady Theobald (Crowell). Octavia matches wits with Captain Barold (Gerrald). Lady Theobald is anxious for the Caption to marry her niece Lucia (Busch). However, Lucia loves Mr. Burmistone (Paget), a "common" mill owner. Just as Octavia has decided that she will marry the Captain, her father and Jack Belasys (MacLean), her ex-fiance, arrive in Slowbridge. The pleasure of seeing Jack and knowing that she can return to Bloody Gulch reunite Jack and Octavia.

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Fair-Barbarian - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ^ "The Fair Barbarian (1917) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  3. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Fair Barbarian at silentera.com
  4. ^ "Reviews: The Fair Barbarian". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (2). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 23. January 5, 1917.

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