The Nutcracker (1926 film)
The Nutcracker (also written as The Nut-Cracker) is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Edward Everett Horton, Mae Busch, and Harry Myers. It was based on the 1920 novel "The Nut Cracker" by Frederic S. Isham. Synopsis. Horatio Slipaway is struck by a streetcar and to escape his domineering wife he feigns amnesia. After using his insurance payout to invest in the stock market, he manages to make a fortune and adopts a new identity as a Peruvian millionaire.