High Steppers

1926 film

High Steppers

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Directed by| Edwin Carewe
Written by| Finis Fox
Lois Leeson
Based on| Heirs Apparent
by Philip Gibbs
Produced by| Edwin Carewe
Starring| Lloyd Hughes
Mary Astor
Dolores del Río
Cinematography| Robert Kurrle
Distributed by| First National Pictures

Release date

* March 14, 1926 (1926-03-14)[1]

Running time

| 70 mins.
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)

High Steppers is a 1926 American silent drama film produced and directed by Edwin Carewe and distributed by First National Pictures. The film is based on the novel Heirs Apparent by Philip Gibbs.[1][2]

## Plot

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Julian Perryam gets thrown out of Oxford University and returns to the family estate outside London. He discovers that his sister and his mother are caught up in the "jazz" life and their father, who's the editor of a tabloid scandal rag, is too busy to notice. He also discovers that his sister is in love with the scoundrel son of his father's publisher, Victor Buckland. Learning that Buckland is actually an embezzler, Julian gets a job as a reporter on a muckraking publication and sets out to expose Buckland.

## Cast

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* Lloyd Hughes as Julian Perryam[1]
* Mary Astor as Audrey Nye[1]
* Dolores del Río as Evelyn Iffield[1]
* Rita Carewe as Janette Perryam[1]
* John T. Murray as Cyril Buckland[1]
* Edwards Davis as Victor Buckland[1]
* Alec B. Francis as Father Perryam
* Clarissa Selwynne as Mrs. Perryam (credited as Clarissa Selwyn)
* Charles Sellon as Grandpa Perryam
* John Steppling as Major Iffield
* Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Iffield
* Margaret McWade as Mrs. Clancy

## Preservation

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With no prints of High Steppers located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h "High Steppers". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: High Steppers at silentera.com
3. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: High Steppers

## External links

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* High Steppers at IMDb
* lantern slide(archived)

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