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Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1925 film)

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Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1925) is a feature length silent adventure crime drama/romance motion picture starring House Peters, Miss DuPont, Hedda Hopper, Fred Esmelton and Walter Long. [1]

29 relations: A. J. Raffles, Adventure film, Carl Laemmle, Charles J. Stumar, Cinema of the United States, Crime film, E. W. Hornung, Feature length, Film, Film adaptation, Film director, Fred Esmelton, Freeman Wood, Hedda Hopper, House Peters Sr., Intertitle, Kate Lester, King Baggot, Lillian Langdon, Miss DuPont, Production company, Robert Bolder, Romance film, Screenplay, Silent film, The Amateur Cracksman, Universal Pictures, Walter Long (actor), Winter Hall.

A. J. Raffles

Arthur J. Raffles is a British fictional character – a cricketer and gentleman thief – created by E. W. Hornung, who, between 1898 and 1909, wrote a series of 26 short stories, two plays, and a novel about him and his fictional chronicler, Harry "Bunny" Manders.

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Adventure film

Adventure films are a genre of film that typically use their action scenes to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way.

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Carl Laemmle

Carl Laemmle (born Karl Lämmle; January 17, 1867 – September 24, 1939) was an American filmmaker and a founder of Universal Studios.

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Charles J. Stumar

Charles J. Stumar or Charles J. Stumer (28 August 1890 – 29 June 1935) was a Hungarian-American cinematographer and brother of cinematographer John Stumar, who shot 110 English and German language films from 1917 until his death in a plane accident.

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Cinema of the United States

The cinema of the United States, often metonymously referred to as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on the film industry in general since the early 20th century.

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Crime film

Crime cinema, in the broadest sense, is a cinematic genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre.

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E. W. Hornung

Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London.

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Feature length

In motion picture terminology, feature length is the length of a feature film.

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Film

A film, also called a movie, motion picture, moving pícture, theatrical film, or photoplay, is a series of still images that, when shown on a screen, create the illusion of moving images.

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Film adaptation

A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film.

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Film director

A film director is a person who directs the making of a film.

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Fred Esmelton

Fred Esmelton (22 June 1872 – 23 October 1933) was an Australian-born American film actor.

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Freeman Wood

Freeman Wood (July 1, 1896 – February 15, 1956) was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras.

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Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper (born Elda Furry; May 2, 1885February 1, 1966) was an American actress and gossip columnist, notorious for feuding with her arch-rival Louella Parsons.

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House Peters Sr.

Robert House Peters Sr. (12 March 1880 – 7 December 1967) was a British-born American silent film actor, known to filmgoers of the era as "The Star of a Thousand Emotions.".

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Intertitle

In films, an intertitle (also known as a title card) is a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of (i.e. inter-) the photographed action at various points.

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Kate Lester

Kate Lester (born Sarah Cody, 12 June 1857 – 12 October 1924) was an English theatrical and silent film actress.

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King Baggot

William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter.

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Lillian Langdon

Lillian Langdon (November 25, 1860 – February 8, 1943) was an American film actress of the silent era.

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Miss DuPont

Miss DuPont (April 28, 1894 – February 6, 1973) was an American film actress and fashion designer.

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Production company

A production company, production house, or production studio is a company that produces performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, comics, interactive arts, video games, websites, and videos.

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Robert Bolder

Robert Bolder (20 July 1859 – 10 December 1937) was an English film actor of the silent era.

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Romance film

Romance films or romance movies are romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theaters and on TV that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters and the journey that their genuinely strong, true and pure romantic love takes them through dating, courtship or marriage.

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Screenplay

A screenplay or script is a written work by screenwriters for a film, video game, or television program.

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Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (and in particular, no spoken dialogue).

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The Amateur Cracksman

The Amateur Cracksman was the original short story collection by E. W. Hornung featuring his most famous character, A. J. Raffles, a gentleman thief in late Victorian Great Britain.

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Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios) is an American film studio owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal.

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Walter Long (actor)

Walter Huntley Long (March 5, 1879 – July 4, 1952) was an American character actor in films from the 1910s.

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Winter Hall

Winter Hall (21 June 1872 – 10 February 1947) was a New Zealand actor of the silent era.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raffles,_the_Amateur_Cracksman_(1925_film)

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