He Comes Up Smiling
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Director Allan Dwan Producer Douglas Fairbanks Cinematography Joseph H. August Duration | 6/10 IMDb Genre Adventure, Comedy, Romance Production Famous Players-Lasky Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast Douglas Fairbanks (Jerry Martin), Marjorie Daw (Billie Bartlett), Herbert Standing (Mike), Frank Campeau (John Bartlett), Bull Montana (Baron Bean), Albert MacQuarrie (Batchelor)Language Silent
English intertitles Release date September 8, 1918 Writer Frances Marion, Emil Nyitray (play), Byron Ongley (play), Charles Sherman (novel) Similar movies Related Allan Dwan movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
he comes up smiling 1918 douglas fairbanks surviving footage
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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This film was based on a novel by Charles Sherman He Comes Up Smiling 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".
Plot
As described in a film magazine, the principle 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.
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References
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