He Comes Up Smiling

He Comes Up Smiling
He Comes Up Smiling
	Film poster
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	September 8, 1918;
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

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

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

The surviving reels of He Comes Up Smiling were preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.^[3]

References

^ 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

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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[1] Vance, Jeffrey (2008). Douglas Fairbanks. University of California Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0520256675. Retrieved March 25, 2013.

[2] "Reviews: He Comes Up Smiling". Exhibitors Herald. 7 (16). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 39–40. October 12, 1918.

[3] "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.

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