Keep Smiling (1925 film)
| Keep Smiling | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Albert Austin Gilbert Pratt |
| Written by | Monty Banks Clyde Bruckman Herman C. Raymaker |
| Produced by | Monty Banks |
| Starring | Monty Banks Robert Edeson Anne Cornwall |
| Cinematography | James Diamond Lee Garmes Barney McGill |
| Edited by | Claude Berkeley |
Production company | Monty Banks Productions |
| Distributed by | Associated Exhibitors Ideal Films (UK) |
Release date | September 6, 1925 |
Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Keep Smiling is a 1925 American silent comedy film. It was preserved in the Russian archive Gosfilmofond and presented to the Library of Congress in 2010.[1]
The film was directed by Albert Austin and Gilbert Pratt. It stars Monty Banks (real name Mario Bianchi) and Glen Cavender.[1][2]
The story features a boy with a fear of water who invents a life preserver that inflates when it comes in contact with water. Promoting his invention, he becomes becomes involved with a wild speedboat race, a crooked mechanic, and the darling daughter of a boating magnate.[1][3]
Cast
- Monty Banks as The Boy
- Robert Edeson as James P. Ryan
- Anne Cornwall as Rose Ryan
- Stanhope Wheatcroft as Gerald Deane
- Glen Cavender as Doublecrosser
- Donald Morelli as Bordanni
- Syd Crossley as Ryan's Butler
- Ruth Holly as Ryan's Secretary
- Martha Franklin as The Mother
- Jack Huff as The Child
References
- ^ a b c "Russia Presents Library of Congress With Digital Copies of Lost U.S. Silent Films". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
- ^ James Roots (23 October 2014). The 100 Greatest Silent Film Comedians. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 357–. ISBN 978-1-4422-3650-9.
- ^ American Film Institute (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. pp. 401–. ISBN 978-0-520-20969-5.
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