Barry Butts In Explained

Barry Butts In
Director:Beaumont Smith
Producer:Beaumont Smith
Starring:Barry Lupino
Studio:Beaumont Smith's Productions
Released:[1]
Runtime:5 reels[2]
Country:Australia
Language:silent

Barry Butts In is a 1919 Australian film comedy from director Beaumont Smith starring British vaudevillian Barry Lupino, who was then visiting Australian. It is considered a lost film.

Plot

Barry (Barry Lupino), works in a grocery store in the country. He falls in love with a beautiful young girl (Agnes Dobson) in a touring pantomime show who is the granddaughter of Barry's uncle, a wealthy man who years ago disowned the girl's mother because she married an actor. The old man requests his nephews come to Sydney so he can choose an heir. Barry's cousins try to humiliate him but he manages to triumph and inherit his uncle's fortune, and marry the girl.

Cast

Production

Barry Lupino was uncle of Ida Lupino and the film incorporated many of his routines.[4]

Charles Villiers was assistant director.

Release

When the film was released a competition was held for naming the movie.[5] The gimmick helped the movie become a success at the box office.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Ross Cooper,"Filmography: Beaumont Smith", Cinema Papers, March–April 1976 p333
  2. News: Advertising. . . 9 August 1919 . 18 May 2012 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: STARS OF THE AIR. . . Vic. . 25 April 1947 . 16 January 2012 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  4. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 89.
  5. News: Classified Advertising. . . Melbourne . 10 November 1919 . 16 January 2012 . 12 . National Library of Australia.