Lord Chumley

After Blink Blunk is caught and locked up in prison again, Le Sage poses as a gentleman in England.

Butterworth fails to receive the money back from La Sage when the casino owner threatens to show the letter to Hugh's commanding officer Colonel Pembroke if Butterworth refuses to make Eleanor have an affection for La Sage.

[2] The film is based on a play of the same name that was created and produced in 1886 by Henry Churchill de Mille as well as co-produced by David Belasco.

An advertisement released by the General Film Company stated that the production is based on "the play in which E. H. Sothern scored his initial success.

[3][2][5] A release on the roof of a Loews theatre in New York City was canceled due to the length of the film.

[2][6] The on-screen announcement said "that owing to the length of the vaudeville program the feature picture would not be shown on the Roof but that it could be seen down-stairs at 9.50.

"[9] The Atlanta Constitution wrote that "Lord Chumley is a story of army life that contains every element of human appeal and has stirring scenes staged with typical Vitagraph ingenuity.

Belle Archer , Maude Adams , and E. H. Sothern in the Lyceum production of Lord Chumley , 1899