^Some sources erroneously credit Booth Tarkington as the creator of this story in a novel. Beau Brummel is an historical play by Clyde Fitch written for stage star Richard Mansfield. Booth Tarkington wrote a novel Monsieur Beaucaire.
^The spelling of "Brummell" (or "Brummel") varies in source citations as well as in titles of film productions portraying the character. Although the title of this film and of the 1924 remake are consistently given as Brummel, the correct spelling of the surname is generally accepted to be Brummell, which is the spelling used in the title of the 1954 film.
References
^Kawin, Bruce F. How Movies Work. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987, pp. 46-47. According to this reference, a full 1000-foot reel of film in the silent era had a maximum running time of 15 minutes. Silent films were generally projected at a "standard" speed of 16 frames per second, much slower than the 24 frames of later sound films. Most reels, however, especially the final reels in multiple-reel releases, were not filled to their maximum capacities.
