Stephen Steps Out is a 1923 American silent comedy film that is notable as being the first starring role for the still teenaged Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Directed by Joseph Henabery, it was based on a short story by Richard Harding Davis, "The Grand Cross of the Desert."[1]
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Directed by | Joseph Henabery |
Written by | Edfrid Bingham (scenario) |
Based on | "The Grand Cross of the Desert" by Richard Harding Davis |
Produced by | Jesse Lasky William Elliott |
Starring | Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Harry Myers |
Cinematography | Faxon M. Dean |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 6 reels;(5,652 feet) |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
With this film the young Fairbanks Jr. opted for a screen career despite opposition from his famous father, Douglas Fairbanks.
"I was terribly chubby," recalled Fairbanks Jr. "Did it for the money. When my parents separated, it was hardly amicable and mother and I needed to eat. Movie companies were willing to exploit my famous name. I didn't really understand that at the time."[2]
With no prints of Stephen Steps Out located in any film archives,[3] it is a lost film.[4][5]
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