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The Lottery Man
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Theodore W. Wharton
Cast: Thurlow Bergen [Jack Wright], Elsie Esmond [Helen], Carolyn Lee [Lizzie Roberts], Allan Murnane [Foxey Peyton], Lottie Alter [Mrs. Wright], Ethel Winthrop, Mary Leslie Mayo, Oliver Hardy
F. Ray Comstock Photoplay Company production; distributed by Unity Sales Corporation. / From the play The Lottery Man by Rida Johnson Young. / Released 11 December 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was reviewed in February 1916, but it appears that the film was not distributed nationally until Unity acquired the rights late in 1916. The play was subsequently filmed as The Lottery Man (1919).
Comedy.
Synopsis: A man advertises for a bride.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 18 October 2010.
References: Website-AFI.
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