Chimmie Fadden Explained

Chimmie Fadden
Director:Cecil B. DeMille
Producer:Cecil B. DeMille
Jesse L. Lasky
Starring:Victor Moore
Cinematography:Alvin Wyckoff
Editing:Cecil B. DeMille
Studio:Jesse Lasky Feature Plays
Distributor:Paramount Pictures
Runtime:40 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent
English intertitles
Budget:$10,504.39[1] [2]
Gross:$78,944.49

Chimmie Fadden is a 1915 American silent comedy film directed, written and edited Cecil B. DeMille. The film starred Victor Moore in the title role and is based on the play and short story of the same name by Edward W. Townsend.[3] It was followed by a sequel Chimmie Fadden Out West. It is a surviving film formerly thought lost for decades.[4] A print is kept at Cinemateket-Svenska Filminstitutet, Stockholm.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Birchard, Robert S. . Cecil B. DeMille's Hollywood. 2004. University Press of Kentucky. 0-813-12324-0. 52.
  2. De Mille's Costs-Gross. Variety. 21 March 1928. 20 March 2023. 5.
  3. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: Chimmie Fadden . April 3, 2010. Silent Era.
  4. Birchard 2004 p.53
  5. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.443/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Chimmie Fadden