100 Years Ago At The Strand Theatre….

Brewster’s Millions

There have been at least seven film versions of this story based on a 1906 play (based on a 1902 novel).
This was a tremendous hit for Roscoe (Fatty) Arbuckle that is now entirely lost as are many silent films.
Monte Brewster learns that he has inherited $10 million from his late grandfather, but then learns that he must spend $2 million in less than a year (without explaining to anyone why) and remain unmarried to inherit the rest of the money.
The most recent version was in 1985 with Richard Pryor and John Candy.

https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p16007coll56/id/21185
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions_(1921_film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011998/

Director:
Joseph Henabery

Writers:
George Barr McCutcheon (novel), Winchell Smith (play)

Stars:
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Betty Ross Clarke, Fred Huntley