Counterfeit (film)

Counterfeit

Directed by	George Fitzmaurice
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky
Written by	Robert M. Baker (story) Ouida Bergere (scenario)
Starring	Elsie Ferguson David Powell
Cinematography	Arthur C. Miller
Production company	Famous Players-Lasky/Artcraft
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	November 30, 1919 (1919-11-30)
Running time	50+ minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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Counterfeit is a 1919 American silent detective drama film^[1]^[2] directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Elsie Ferguson. The assistant director was C. Van Arsdale.

The picture was the fourth film Fitzmaurice and Ferguson worked on and is now considered to be a lost film.^[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[4] Virginia Griswold (Ferguson), whose family is in financial straits, resolves to remedy the situation by finding the source of widely distributed counterfeit bills, as a large reward is offered for the capture of the maker of the fake bills. A clue takes her to Newport where she poses as one of the idle rich and falls in love with Stuart Kent (Powell), a man of means, who returns her affection. Vincent Cortez (Gerard), about whom little is known, also becomes enamored of Virginia and she accepts his affections, much to the consternation of Stuart. She offers no acceptable explanation to Stuart for this. Carefully and craftily she leads Vincent to the point of sharing confidences, although this course greatly enrages Stuart and for a time threatens to bring open rupture of their relationship. After Vincent admits he is the counterfeiter, however, Virginia brings Stuart to an understanding of the situation and a happy conclusion.

Cast

Elsie Ferguson as Virginia Griswold
David Powell as Stuart Kent
Helen Montrose as Mrs. Palmer
Charles Kent as Colonel Harrington
Charles K. Gerard as Vincent Cortez
Ida Waterman as Mrs. Griswold
Robert Lee Keeling as Mr. Palmer
Fred Jenkins as Uncle Ben
Mrs. Robertson as Aunt Jemima
Elizabeth Breen as Marinette, the Maid

References

↑ American Film Institute Catalogue, Feature Films 1911-1920
↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Counterfeit at silentera.com
↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Counterfeit
↑ "Reviews: Counterfeit". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 9 (24): 82. December 6, 1919.

External links

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Films directed by George Fitzmaurice

1910s	Stop Thief! (1915) The Commuters (1915) At Bay (1915) New York (1916) The Test (1916) Arms and the Woman (1916) The Romantic Journey (1916) Kick In (1917) The Hunting of the Hawk (1917) The Recoil (1917) The Iron Heart (1917) Blind Man's Luck (1917) The On-the-Square Girl (1917) The Mark of Cain (1917) Sylvia of the Secret Service (1917) Innocent (1918) The Naulahka (1918) The Hillcrest Mystery (1918) A Japanese Nightingale (1918) The Narrow Path (1918) Common Clay (1919) The Cry of the Weak (1919) The Profiteers (1919) The Avalanche (1919) Our Better Selves (1919) A Society Exile (1919) The Witness for the Defense (1919) Counterfeit (1919)

1920s	On with the Dance (1920) The Right to Love (1920) Idols of Clay (1920) Forever (1921) Paying the Piper (1921) Experience (1921) Kick In (1922) To Have and to Hold (1922) Three Live Ghosts (1922) The Man from Home (1922) The Cheat (1923) Bella Donna (1923) The Eternal City (1923) Cytherea (1924) Tarnish (1924) A Thief in Paradise (1925) His Supreme Moment (1925) The Dark Angel (1925) The Son of the Sheik (1926) The Night of Love (1927) Rose of the Golden West (1927) The Love Mart (1927) The Barker (1928) Lilac Time (1928) The Locked Door (1929) Tiger Rose (1929)

1930s	The Bad One (1930) Raffles (1930) The Devil to Pay! (1930) One Heavenly Night (1931) Strangers May Kiss (1931) The Unholy Garden (1931) Mata Hari (1931) As You Desire Me (1932) Rockabye uncredited Nana (1934) All Men Are Enemies (1934) Petticoat Fever (1936) Suzy (1936) The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937) Live, Love and Learn (1937) Arsene Lupin Returns (1938) Vacation from Love (1938)

1940s	Adventure in Diamonds (1940)

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