--- title: 'Cameo Kirby (1923)' type: 'film' director: 'John Ford' released: '1923-10-21' runtime_minutes: 70 genres: - 'Drama' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cameo-kirby-1923' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013909/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Cameo Kirby (1923) 1923 · 70 min · Drama · United States ## Synopsis Cameo Kirby is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by John Ford which starred John Gilbert and Gertrude Olmstead and featured Jean Arthur in her onscreen debut. It was Ford's first film credited as John Ford instead of Jack Ford. The film is based on a 1908 play by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. The story had been filmed as a silent before in 1914 with Dustin Farnum, who had originated the role on Broadway in 1909. The film was remade as a talking musical film in 1930. ## Credits - **Director:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford) - **Screenplay:** [Robert N. Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-n-lee) - **Producer:** [William Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-fox-2) - **Director of Photography:** [George Schneiderman](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-schneiderman) ## Cast - [Ken Maynard](https://cinepixo.com/people/ken-maynard) - [Richard Tucker](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-tucker) - [John Gilbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-gilbert-3) - [Gertrude Olmstead](https://cinepixo.com/people/gertrude-olmstead) - [Alan Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-hale) - [W. E. Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-e-lawrence) - [Jack McDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-mcdonald) - [Jean Arthur](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-arthur) - [Ynez Seabury](https://cinepixo.com/people/ynez-seabury) - [Eugenie Forde](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugenie-forde) - [Phillips Smalley](https://cinepixo.com/people/phillips-smalley) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/cameo-kirby-1923 Film facts: Wikidata (Q2934747); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.