Beau Brummel (1913 film)

Beau Brummel
Directed byJames Young
Written byEugene Mullin
Based onPlay by Clyde Fitch, c. 1890[a]
Produced byVitagraph Company of America
StarringJames Young
Clara Kimball Young
Julia Swayne Gordon
Distributed byGeneral Film Company
Release date
  • February 19, 1913 (1913-02-19)
Running time
1000 feet (approximately 10-15 minutes)[1]
CountryUSA

Beau Brummel is a 1913 silent short film directed by and starring James Young in the title role. Presumed now to be lost, it was produced in Brooklyn, New York, by Vitagraph Studios and also featured in its cast Clara Kimball Young, Rex Ingram, Julia Swayne Gordon, and Etienne Girardot. The photoplay's scenario was adapted from the Clyde Fitch novel and play, and upon the film's release Vitagraph listed it as a 1000-foot "one-reeler", which at the time would have had a maximum running time of 15 minutes.[2]

On stage, in 1890, Richard Mansfield originally starred in Beau Brummell on Broadway.[b] Other film adaptations were produced in both the silent and sound eras, including the 1924 remake starring John Barrymore and Mary Astor and the 1954 version with Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor and Peter Ustinov.


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  1. ^ Kawin, Bruce F. How Movies Work. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987, pp. 46-47. According to this reference, a full 1000-foot reel of film in the silent era had a maximum running time of 15 minutes. Silent films were generally projected at a "standard" speed of 16 frames per second, much slower than the 24 frames of later sound films. Most reels, however, especially the final reels in multiple-reel releases, were not filled to their maximum capacities.
  2. ^ "Complete Record of Current Films", Motography (Chicago), March 1, 1913, p. 181. Internet Archive, San Francisco, California. Retrieved July 20, 2020.