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Mr Fix It (1918 film)

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Director
  
Allan Dwan

Story by
  
Ernest Butterworth

Country
  
United States

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Genre
  
Comedy, Romance

Duration
  

Mr. Fix-It (1918 film) Mr FixIt Silent Film Festival

Language
  
Silent English intertitles

Release date
  
April 15, 1918 (1918-04-15)

Writer
  
Ernest Butterworth (story), Allan Dwan, Joseph Henabery

Screenplay
  
Allan Dwan, Joseph Henabery

Cast
  
Douglas Fairbanks
(Dick Remington),
Wanda Hawley
(Mary McCullough),
Marjorie Daw
(Marjorie Threadwell),
Frank Campeau
(Uncle Henry Burroughs)

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Mr. Fix-It is a 1918 American silent comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, and Wanda Hawley, directed by Allan Dwan at Artcraft Pictures, and released by Paramount Pictures.

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, because of his ability to fix things Dick Remington (Fairbanks) becomes known as "Mr. Fix-It" and enters the aristocratic home of the Burroughs as their nephew. Before long he has melted the stone hearts of three aunts and one uncle and won the heart of Mary McCullough (Hawley) in addition to setting aright the affairs of pretty Georgiana Burroughs (MacDonald) and Olive Van Tassell (Landis).

Cast

  • Douglas Fairbanks as Dick Remington
  • Wanda Hawley as Mary McCullough
  • Marjorie Daw as Marjorie Threadwell
  • Frank Campeau as Uncle Henry Burroughs
  • Katherine MacDonald as Georgiana Burroughs
  • Leslie Stuart as Reginald Burroughs
  • Ida Waterman as Aunt Agatha Burroughs
  • Alice H. Smith as Aunt Priscilla Burroughs
  • Mrs. H.R. Hancock as Aunt Laura Burroughs
  • Mr. Russell as Butler Jarvis
  • Fred Goodwins as Gideon Van Tassell
  • Margaret Landis as Olive Van Tassell
  • Charles Stevens as Gangster (uncredited)
  • Gustav von Seyffertitz as Doctor (uncredited)

    • Reception

    Like many American films of the time, Mr. Fix-It was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 5, the policeman arresting women in kimonos coming from raided house of ill repute.

    Preservation status

    On July 16, 2011 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival presented a restored print of the film from George Eastman House.

    References

    Mr. Fix-It (1918 film) Wikipedia
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    Mr. Fix-It (1918 film) IMDb Mr. Fix-It (1918 film) themoviedb.org