He Comes Up Smiling
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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 |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels (4,876 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
He Comes Up Smiling is a 1918 American comedy film produced by and starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Allan Dwan.
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
[edit]As 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 (Montana), 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 (MacQuarrie), 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 (Campeau) and his daughter Billie (Daw) 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
[edit]The 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 AllMovie
- 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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- 1918 films
- American silent feature films
- Films based on American novels
- American films based on plays
- Films directed by Allan Dwan
- Films based on multiple works
- 1918 comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Silent American comedy films
- 1910s American films
- 1910s English-language films
- 1910s comedy film stubs