Cameo Kirby is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by John Ford
which starred John Gilbert and Gertrude Olmstead
and featured Jean Arthur in her onscreen debut.
Alan Hale also appears in this movie and
Ken Maynard, although uncredited
It was Ford's first film credited as John Ford instead of Jack Ford.
It was based on a play by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson.
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The story had been filmed as a silent before in 1915 with Dustin Farnum,
who had originated the role on Broadway in 1909.
The film was remade as a talking musical film in 1930.
Prints of the film exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive
and at the Cinemateca Portuguesa (Portuguese Film Archive), in Lisbon