American Aristocracy

American Aristocracy

American Aristocracy

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American Aristocracy

1916

0h 52m

4.8(4 votes)

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

Overview

A young man fights to overcome a piratical arms smuggler and to win the heart of a rich man's daughter.

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7 members

Acting

Douglas Fairbanks

Cassius Lee

Douglas Fairbanks

Acting

Jewel Carmen

Geraldine Hicks

Jewel Carmen

Acting

C.A. de Lima

Leander Hicks (as Charles De Lima)

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Directing

Albert Parker

Percy Horton

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Acting

Artie Ortego

Delgado (as Arthur Ortego)

Artie Ortego

Acting

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Newsboy (uncredited)

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Acting

Charles Stevens

Mexican (uncredited)

Charles Stevens

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