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The Nut
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Ted Reed (Theodore Reed)
Cast: Douglas Fairbanks [Charlie Jackson], Marguerite De La Motte [Estrell Wynn], William Lowery [Philip Feeney], Barbara La Marr [Claudine Dupree], Gerald Pring [Gentleman George], Morris Hughes [Pernelius Vanderbrook Jr.], Sydney dé Grey (Sidney de Gray), Frank Campeau [the Ulysses S. Grant impersonator], Jeanne Carpenter [the Cupid telephone operator], Charles Stevens [one of the thieves]
Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by Douglas Fairbanks. Scenario by William Parker and Lotta Woods, from a screen story by Kenneth Davenport. Art direction by Edward Langley. Photography (cinematography) by Harry Thorpe, William McGann and Charles Warrington. / © 3 March 1921 by Douglas Fairbanks Pictures Corporation [LP16229]. General release, 6 March 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / An imitator appears in the film as Charles Chaplin.
Comedy: Society.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Museum of Modern Art film archive [35mm positive (incomplete)]; and in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 23 February 2025.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Bardèche-History p. 212; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 88; Limbacher-Feature p. 176; Shipman-Cinema p. 72; Vermilye-Twenties p. 47 : ClasIm-241 p. 5 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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