He Comes Up Smiling is a 1918 American comedy film produced by and starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Allan Dwan.
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| Directed by | Allan Dwan |
| Written by | Frances Marion Theodore Reed (scenario editor) |
| Based on | He Comes Up Smiling by Charles Sherman He Comes Up Smiling by Byron Ongley and Emil Nyitray |
| Produced by | Douglas Fairbanks |
| Starring | Douglas Fairbanks |
| Cinematography | Joseph H. August Hugh McClung |
Production company | Famous Players–Lasky/Artcraft |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 5 reels (4,876 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
This film was based on a novel of the same title by Charles Sherman, which was adapted into a 1914 play of the same name by Byron Ongley and Emil Nyitray. Fairbanks starred in the play with Patricia Collinge as the female lead. This film "survives incomplete".[1]
Plot
editAs described in a film magazine,[2] the principal duty of bank clerk Jerry Martin is to care for the bank president's pet canary. The bird escapes and Jerry starts in pursuit. In a chase that takes him far afield, Jerry meets a hobo and decides to give up his bank job. Baron Bean, another hobo, becomes his valet, but they desert Jerry when he is taking a bath and steal his clothes. He finds a suit belonging to William Batchelor, a broker who is cooling off at a pool, and with the broker's business cards he passes himself off as Batchelor. He meets John Bartlett and his daughter Billie and promptly falls in love. Her father is also a stock broker who has been nicked by Batchelor. An attempt is made to corner the market while Jerry is being entertained, but he foils the plotters, falls heir to a fortune, and wins the love of Billie.
Cast
edit- Douglas Fairbanks as Jerry Martin
- Marjorie Daw as Billie Bartlett
- Herbert Standing as Mike
- Frank Campeau as John Bartlett
- Bull Montana as Baron Bean
- Albert MacQuarrie as William Batchelor
- Kathleen Kirkham as Louise
- Jay Dwiggins as General
- William Elmer
- Robert Cain
Preservation
editThe surviving reels of He Comes Up Smiling were preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.[3]
References
edit- ↑ Vance, Jeffrey (2008). Douglas Fairbanks. University of California Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0520256675. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Reviews: He Comes Up Smiling". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (16). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 39–40. October 12, 1918.
- ↑ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
External links
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- He Comes Up Smiling at IMDb
- He Comes Up Smiling at silentera.com
- Lobby poster
- Sherman, Charles (1912), He Comes Up Smiling, Toronto: McLeod & Allen, on the Internet Archive
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