Dustin Farnum (1874 - 1929)

American singer, dancer and an actor in silent movies during the early days of motion pictures.

* May 27, 1874 Hampton Beach, New Hampshire, USA
 as Dustin Lancy Farnum
 July 3, 1929 New York, New York, USA



Vintage magazines

Boy's Cinema, nr. 8, 31 January 1920
Boy's Cinema, nr. 18, 10 April 1920
Photoplay, October 1929


Books with substantial mentioning of Dustin Farnum

George A. Katchmer Eighty silent film stars George A. Katchmer
Eighty silent film stars, Biographies and filmographies of the obscure to the well known
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Ray Stuart (ed.) Immortals of the Screen Ray Stuart (ed.)
Immortals of the Screen
New York, 1965

Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.) Who's Who on the Screen Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.)
Who's Who on the Screen
New York City, 1920

Books with an entry on Dustin Farnum

Richard Abel (ed.) Encyclopedia of early cinema Richard Abel (ed.)
Encyclopedia of early cinema
London and New York, 2005

Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Zweiter Band, C-F
Berlin, 2001

Roy Liebman Silent Film Performers Roy Liebman
Silent Film Performers, An Annotated Bibliography of Published, Unpublished and Archival Sources for over 350 Actors and Actresses
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1996

Charles Donald Fox Mirrors of Hollywood Charles Donald Fox
Mirrors of Hollywood, with brief biographies of favorite film folk
New York, 1925

Books with photograph(s) of Dustin Farnum

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Articles on Dustin Farnum

DeWitt Bodeen, The Farnum Brothers, Dustin and William, in: Films in Review, vol. 34, 1983 pp. 514-528