Sick Abed
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| Sick Abed | |
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 1920 theatrical poster |
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| Directed by | Sam Wood |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky |
| Written by | Ethel Watts Mumford(play) Clara Genevieve Kennedy(scenario) |
| Starring | Wallace Reid Bebe Daniels |
| Cinematography | Alfred Gilks |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures/Artcraft |
| Release date(s) | June 27, 1920 |
| Running time | 5 reels; 4,327 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent |
Sick Abed is a 1920 silent comedy film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures/ Artcraft, an affiliate of Paramount. It was directed by Sam Wood and stars matinee idol Wallace Reid. It is based on a 1918 Broadway stage play Sick-a-bed by Ethel Watts Mumford starring Mary Boland. The spelling of the movie varies from the spelling of the play. This film survives at the Library of Congress.[1] [2] [3]
Cast[edit]
- Wallace Reid - Reginald Jay
- Bebe Daniels - Nurse Durant
- John Steppling - John Weems
- Winifred Greenwood - Constance Weems
- Tully Marshall - Chalmers
- Clarence Geldart - Dr. Macklyn
- Lucien Littlefield - Dr. Widner
- Robert Bolder - Dr. Flexner
- Lorenza Lazzarini - Customer
- George Kuwa - Wing Chow
References[edit]
- ^ Sick Abed at the silentera.com database
- ^ Sick-a-bed produced on Broadway by Klaw & Erlanger, at the Gaiety Theatre February 25, 1918 to May 1918; IBDb.com
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, published by The American Film Institute, c.1978
