The Son of Wallingford

The Son of Wallingford

A menagerie, 8,000 players, two tons of confetti and 10,000 toy balloons!

1921•1h 20m•7.0/10

CrimeComedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.0/10(1)

A young man's journey into adulthood, love, and ambition, inspired by a serial by George Randolph Chester exploring themes of love, ambition, and self-discovery, set against the backdrop of the Roaring Twenties.

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Production

Vitagraph Company of America

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Available in Your Library

Cast

Wilfrid North

Wilfrid North

J. Rufus Wallingford

Tom Gallery

Tom Gallery

Jimmy Wallingford

George Webb

George Webb

Blackie Daw

Antrim Short

Antrim Short

'Toad' Edward Jessup

Van Dyke Brooke

Van Dyke Brooke

Henry Beegoode

Sidney D'Albrook

Sidney D'Albrook

Bertram Beegoode

Walter Rodgers

Walter Rodgers

'Petrograd' Pete

Priscilla Bonner

Priscilla Bonner

Mary Curtis

Lila Leslie

Lila Leslie

Violet Bonnie Daw

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