A Gentleman of Leisure is a 1923 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Joseph Henabery and stars Jack Holt. The film is based on the 1910 novel A Gentleman of Leisure by P. G. Wodehouse. It was adapted into a play by Wodehouse and John Stapleton. It is also a remake of the 1915 film A Gentleman of Leisure.The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Gentleman of Leisure Retrieved April 9, 2016
Cast Jack Holt as Robert Pitt Casson Ferguson as Sir Spencer Deever Sigrid Holmquist as Molly Creedon Alec B. Francis as Sir John Blount (credited as Alec Francis) Adele Farrington as Lady Blount Frank Nelson as Spike Mullen Alfred Allen as Big Phil Creedon Nadeen Paul as Maid Alice Queensberry as Chorus
Trivia Originally Wallace Reid was to star in this, but he died in early 1923.
Preservation In February of 2021, A Gentleman of Leisure was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list and is therefore presumed lost.
See also A Gentleman of Leisure (1915)
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Swedish language lobby poster