The Fortune Hunter (1927)
- Directed by
- Charles Reisner
- Genre
- silent film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A man tries to win the affection of a wealthy woman by pretending to be rich himself. His scheme leads to comic misunderstandings and romantic complications.
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What happens
The Fortune Hunter is a lost 1927 synchronized sound film comedy directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin. It is based on the 1909 Broadway play The Fortune Hunter by Winchell Smith. While the film has no audible dialogue, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The film was produced by Warner Brothers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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