The Canadian | |
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Directed by | William Beaudine |
Produced by |
Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
Written by |
Arthur Stringer (adaptation, scenario) Julian Johnson(intertitles) |
Based on |
The Land of Promise by W. Somerset Maugham |
Starring | Thomas Meighan |
Cinematography | Alvin Wyckoff |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date
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Running time
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80 minutes; 8 reels (7,753 feet) |
Country | US |
Language | Silent |
The Canadian is an extant 1926 silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play, The Land of Promise, by W. Somerset Maugham. The film was directed by William Beaudine and starred Thomas Meighan. Meighan had costarred with Billie Burke in a 1917 silent film based on the same story, The Land of Promise. In both films he plays the same part. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress.