The Millionaire Vagrant Explained

The Millionaire Vagrant is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Charles Ray, Sylvia Breamer and J. Barney Sherry.^[1]

Plot

Wealthy young man Steven du Peyster encounters more adventures than he might have expected when he accepts a wager that he can live successfully on six dollars a week.

Cast

• Charles Ray as Steven Du Peyster
• Sylvia Breamer as Ruth Vail
• J. Barney Sherry as Malcolm Blackridge
• John Gilbert as James Cricket
• Elvira Weil as Peggy O'Connor
• Dorcas Matthews as Betty Vanderfleet
• Aggie Herring as Mrs. Flannery
• Josephine Headley as Squidge
• Carlyn Wagner as Rose
• Walt Whitman as Old Bookkeeper

Preservation

A copy of The Millionaire Vagrant with Dutch intertitles is located at George Eastman Museum.^[2]

Bibliography

• Golden, Eve. John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars. University Press of Kentucky, 2013.

Notes and References

1. Golden p.32
2. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1177/ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Millionaire Vagrant