Less Than Kin (1918)
Lewis Vickers accidentally kills a man and goes to Central America. Here he meets Robert Lee, who bears a remarkable resemblance to him. Lee is a worthless young chap whose father is anxious to have him return to the United States. On his death bed Lee turns his papers over to Vickers and begs him to assume his name. Arriving in New York, Vickers goes to the Lee home as Robert Lee, and discovers that the dead man has willed him a badly blotted past that includes a wife and two children and a large collection of debts. He also finds a beautiful adopted daughter in the Lee household and promptly falls in love with her. The only way he can stand any chance of winning the girl is by telling the truth about himself.
- Date of release
- 1918-07-21
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Donald Crisp
Casting
- Wallace Reid — Hobart Lee / Lewis Vickers
- Ann Little — Nellie Reid
- Raymond Hatton — James Emmons
- Noah Beery — Senor Cortez
- James Neill — Dr. Nunez
- Charles Ogle — Overton
- Jane Wolfe — Maria
- James Cruze — Jinx
- Guy Oliver — Peters
- Calvert Carter — Plimpton
- Jack Herbert — Sheriff
- Gustav von Seyffertitz — Endicott Lee
Interesting facts
Less Than Kin is a lost 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and written by Marion Fairfax and Alice Duer Miller. The film stars Wallace Reid, Ann Little, Raymond Hatton, Noah Beery, Sr., James Neill and Charles Ogle. The film was released on July 21, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.
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