MISTER ANTONIO (1929) Leo Carrillo, Virginia Valli & Gareth Hughes | Comedy | B&W | Classic Film

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Mister Antonio is a 1929 love story based on a 1916 Booth Tarkington Broadway play of the same name. Leo Carrillo stars in the title role of Antonio Camaradino, originated on Broadway by Otis Skinner, as a hurdy-gurdy street artist who falls in love with the relative of a robbery victim he has rescued.

Print preserved in the Library of Congress collection.

Synopsis

A happy go lucky Italian town florist befriends the mayor thrown out of a bar but later turns on him when the official has unjustly evicted an attractive young lady from her home.

Cast & Crew

Leo Carrillo – Antonio Camaradino
Virginia Valli – June Ramsey
Gareth Hughes – Joe
Frank Reicher – Milton Jorny
Eugenie Besserer – Mrs. Jorny

Directed by James Flood, Frank Reicher
Written by Fanny Hatton, Frederick Hatton
Based on Mister Antonio
by Booth Tarkington
Produced by John M. Stahl
Starring Leo Carrillo, Virginia Valli
Cinematography Ernest Miller
Distributed by Tiffany Pictures
Release date
October 15, 1929
Running time 73 minutes
Country United States
Language English