The Beggar of Cawnpore explained

The Beggar of Cawnpore
Director:	Charles Swickard
Producer:	Thomas H. Ince
Starring:	H.B. Warner Lola May Wyndham Standing
Cinematography:	Clyde De Vinna
Studio:	Kay-Bee Pictures New York Motion Picture
Distributor:	Triangle Distributing
Runtime:	60 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

The Beggar of Cawnpore is a 1916 American silent film directed by Charles Swickard and starring H.B. Warner, Lola May and Wyndham Standing.^[1] It is set against the backdrop of the 1857 Indian Mutiny.

Cast

• H.B. Warner as Dr. Robert Lowndes
• Lola May as Betty Archer
• Wyndham Standing as Capt. Guy Douglas
• Alfred Hollingsworth as Mulhar Rao
• Harold Entwistle as Col. Archer
• Wedgwood Nowell as Werner, the Engineer

Preservation status

• A print is preserved at the George Eastman House and the National Archives of Canada (Ottawa).^[2]

Bibliography

• Taves, Brian. Thomas Ince: Hollywood's Independent Pioneer. University Press of Kentucky, 2012.

Notes and References

1. Taves p.154
2. Web site: The Beggar Of Cawnpore / Charles Swickard [motion picture]:Bibliographic Record Description: Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Library of Congress . American Memory . 2021-06-07.