Melting Millions
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Directed byOtis Turner
Story byJoseph Anthony Roach
StarringSydney Deane
Cecil Holland
Velma Whitman
George Walsh
Frank Alexander
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • February 19, 1917 (1917-02-19)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent film
(English intertitles)

Melting Millions is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Otis Turner and starring Sydney Deane, Cecil Holland, Velma Whitman, George Walsh, and Frank Alexander. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on February 19, 1917.[1][2][3]

Plot

Jack Ballentine, young and irresponsible, discovers that in order to inherit his uncle's fortune, he must prove to Mrs. Walton, his guardian, that he is a competent businessman. Jack, totally devoid of any business acumen, doesn't hit one. Escaped to the West, he saves a girl and her father from a gang of robbers, while Mrs. Walton freezes his bank accounts, leaving him penniless. The young man proves brave, however, when he saves Jane, the girl, from being kidnapped by her father's former secretary, thus finally winning the approval of Mrs. Walton.

Cast

Preservation

The film is now considered lost.[4]

References

  1. "Melting Millions". afi.com. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. "Melting Millions". AllMovie. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. "Melting Millions". TCM.com. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Melting Millions


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