Barry Butts In

Barry Butts In is a 1919 Australian film comedy from director Beaumont Smith starring British vaudevillian Barry Lupino, who was then visiting Australian. It is considered a lost film.

Barry Butts In
Still from film
Directed byBeaumont Smith
Produced byBeaumont Smith
Written byBeaumont Smith
StarringBarry Lupino
Production
company
Beaumont Smith's Productions
Release date
  • 9 August 1919 (1919-08-09)
[1]
Running time
5 reels[2]
CountryAustralia
LanguageSilent

Plot

Barry (Barry Lupino), works in a grocery store in the country. He falls in love with a beautiful young girl (Agnes Dobson) in a touring pantomime show who is the granddaughter of Barry's uncle, a wealthy man who years ago disowned the girl's mother because she married an actor. The old man requests his nephews come to Sydney so he can choose an heir. Barry's cousins try to humiliate him but he manages to triumph and inherit his uncle's fortune, and marry the girl.

Cast

Production

Barry Lupino was uncle of Ida Lupino and the film incorporated many of his routines.[4]

Charles Villiers was assistant director.

Release

When the film was released a competition was held for naming the movie.[5] The gimmick helped the movie become a success at the box office.[4]

gollark: Leave-dummy-egg trades for gifting are quite cømmon.
gollark: Ah, the nocturnes, yes; it's all they're good for, really, temporary trade fodder.
gollark: It might be a "leave dummy egg" one.
gollark: I got the second one.
gollark: I've always wondered how people actually have the patience to get 1000 dragons.

References
  1. Ross Cooper,"Filmography: Beaumont Smith", Cinema Papers, March–April 1976 p333
  2. "Advertising". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 9 August 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 18 May 2012.
  3. "STARS OF THE AIR". Wodonga and Towong Sentinel. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 25 April 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
  4. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 89.
  5. "Classified Advertising". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 10 November 1919. p. 12. Retrieved 16 January 2012.


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