Chimmie Fadden Out West
Film still with Victor Moore (center)
Directed byCecil B. DeMille
Written byCecil B. DeMille
Jeanie MacPherson
Edward W. Townsend
Produced byCecil B. DeMille
StarringVictor Moore
CinematographyAlvin Wyckoff
Edited byCecil B. DeMille
Release date
  • November 21, 1915 (1915-11-21)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Budget$15,096[1]
Box office$72,036[1]

Chimmie Fadden Out West is a 1915 American silent Western comedy film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.[2] It was made as a sequel to Chimmie Fadden. Once lost, a print is now held in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.[3][2]

Plot

Chimmie is sent out west as part of a scam by a railroad company. He is to pretend to find gold, then retreat as the company takes advantage. Things do not go as planned.[4]

Cast

References

  1. ^ a b "De Mille's Costs-Gross". Variety. March 21, 1928. p. 5. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Progressive Silent Film List: Chimmie Fadden Out West". Silent Era. Retrieved May 15, 2008.
  3. ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Chimmie Fadden Out West
  4. ^ "Put Chimmie Fadden Into a Movie Play. Townsend's Bowery Boy Wins Many Laughs While Seeking a Mine Out West". The New York Times. November 22, 1915. Retrieved December 8, 2021.

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Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille
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