The Canadian (film)
| The Canadian | |
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| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Written by | Arthur Stringer (adaptation, scenario) Julian Johnson (intertitles) |
| Based on | The Land of Promise by W. Somerset Maugham |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Starring | Thomas Meighan |
| Cinematography | Alvin Wyckoff |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes; 8 reels (7,753 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Canadian is an extant 1926 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1913 Broadway play, The Land of Promise, by W. Somerset Maugham. The film was directed by William Beaudine and starred Thomas Meighan. Meighan had costarred with Billie Burke in a 1917 silent film based on the same story, The Land of Promise. In both films he plays the same part. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress.