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An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.
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- 2 wins
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Did you know
- TriviaFor a while, the film set the record for the highest grossing film in history. Within two weeks, over 200,000 visitors had seen the film, and the gross was $113,571.32. The previous record holder was Robin Hood (1922) with a total gross of $109,750.88.
- GoofsThe paddle wheels on the Clermont weren't added till long after its launch; they couldn't have been part of the original miniature model.
- Quotes
Patricia O'Day: [disguised as her brother] For the love of the saints, let's run before they find me out!
John O'Day: Keep a bold front, girl!
Patricia O'Day: I am keeping a bold front -- it's the back of me that's trembling.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies (2001)
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The otherwise likeable Marion Davies gives us possibly cinema's worst female-pretending-to-be-a-male impersonation in this lively but hoary silent from William Randolph Hearst's Cosmopolitan Productions. She's pretending to be her own recently deceased brother so that she can claim the inheritance left to him by an American uncle who has long been estranged from her side of the family. Harrison Ford (not that one) is the relative who stands to inherit otherwise. There's something a little unavoidably uncomfortable about the increasing affection Ford's character feels for Davies when she's disguised as a boy, and it isn't completely dispelled once her secret is revealed. It's an entertaining silent though, which features an hilarious boxing match (featuring Louis Wolheim) followed by a mass brawl.
- JoeytheBrit
- Jun 29, 2020
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- Also known as
- När New York var ungt
- Filming locations
- Jackson Studio - 723 Forrest Avenue, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA(studio - used after fire)
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $2,400,000
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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