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The Six Best Cellars
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4822 feet
Directed by Donald Crisp

Cast: Bryant Washburn [Henry Carpenter], Wanda Hawley [Mrs. Carpenter], Clarence Burton [Ed Hammond], Elsa Lorimer [Mrs. Hammond], Josephine Crowell [Mrs. Teak], Fred Vroom (Frederick Vroom) [Mr. Teak], Jane Wolfe [Virginia Jasper], Richard Wayne [H. Sturtevant Jordan], Julia Faye [Mrs. Jordan], Howard Gaye [Tommy Blair], Zelma Maja [Mrs. Blair], Parker MacConnell [Harris], Ruth Ashby [Mrs. Harris], William Boyd [Holsappel], Olita Otis [Mrs. Holsappel], Allan Connor [McAllister], Lorie Larson [Mrs. McAllister], C.H. Geldart (Clarence Geldert) [Doctor Devine]

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [Paramount-Artcraft Pictures]. / Scenario by Elmer Harris, from the short story “The Six Best Cellars” by Holworthy Hall (Harold Everett Porter) and Hugh M. Kahler. Assistant director, Frank Richardson. Cinematography by Charles E. Schoenbaum. Film editor, Dorothy Arzner. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / © 8 February 1920 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP17831]. Released 8 February 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4065.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 December 2023.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4065; Brownlow-Parade p. 286 : Website-ASFFDb.