The Beggar of Cawnpore

The Beggar of Cawnpore is a 1916 American silent film directed by Charles Swickard and starring H.B. Warner, Lola May and Wyndham Standing.^[1] It is set against the backdrop of the 1857 Indian Mutiny.

The Beggar of Cawnpore
Directed by	Charles Swickard
Written by	C. Gardner Sullivan
Produced by	Thomas H. Ince
Starring	H.B. Warner Lola May Wyndham Standing
Cinematography	Clyde De Vinna
Production companies	Kay-Bee Pictures New York Motion Picture
Distributed by	Triangle Distributing
Release date	April 30, 1916 (1916-04-30)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Cast

• H.B. Warner as Dr. Robert Lowndes
• Lola May as Betty Archer
• Wyndham Standing as Capt. Guy Douglas
• Alfred Hollingsworth as Mulhar Rao
• Harold Entwistle as Col. Archer
• Wedgwood Nowell as Werner, the Engineer

Preservation status

• A print is preserved at the George Eastman House and the National Archives of Canada (Ottawa).^[2]

References

1. Taves p.154
2. "The Beggar Of Cawnpore / Charles Swickard [motion picture]:Bibliographic Record Description: Performing Arts Encyclopedia, Library of Congress". American Memory. Retrieved June 7, 2021.

Bibliography

• Taves, Brian. Thomas Ince: Hollywood's Independent Pioneer. University Press of Kentucky, 2012.

External links

• The Beggar of Cawnpore at IMDb
• The Beggar of Cawnpore at AllMovie