Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Released 100 Years Ago Today - 15 April 1914

Brewster's Millions

Directed: Oscar Apfel, Cecil B. DeMille
Based on: Brewster's Millions by George Barr McCutcheon
                 Brewster's Millions Screenplay by Winchell Smith and Byron Ongley
Starring: Edward Abeles, Joseph Singleton, Sydney Deane
Cinematography: Alvin Wyckoff
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
Distributed: Paramount Pictures
Running time: 5 reels
Country: United States


Sydney Deane, who played the character of Jonas Sedgwick, made his film debut in Brewster's Millions and in doing so became the first Australian to appear in a Hollywood film. The film is considered lost.

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