At a lavish luncheon in Palm Beach, Walker Farr, a wealthy and idle young man, bets that he can live in perfect contentment as a penniless hobo and sets out to prove it. On the road, Walker meets Kate Kilgour and her fiancé, Richard Dodd, but upon his arrival in the town of Marion he learns that she is being forced into the marriage by her mother, who owes Richard $5,000.
John B. Clymer, Holman Francis Day, Fred J. Balshofer
United States
The Philosophical Mendicant: A Deconstruction of the Gilded Vagabond In the pantheon of early American cinema, few narratives capture the intersection of aristocratic ennui and proletarian struggle as vividly as The Landloper (1918). Directed by Fred J. Balshofer, this film serves as a poignant swan song for Harold ...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
George Irving
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" The Philosophical Mendicant: A Deconstruction of the Gilded Vagabond In the pantheon of early American cinema, few narratives capture the intersection of aristocratic ennui and proletarian struggle as vividly as The Landloper (1918). Directed by Fred J. Balshofer, this film serves as a poignant swan song for Harold Lockwood, an actor whose burgeoning career was tragically curtailed by the Spanish Flu shortly after production. The film transcends the mere 'wealthy-man-turned-hobo' trope found ..."
