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Everybody's Sweetheart (1920 film)

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Everybody's Sweetheart
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlan Crosland
Laurence Trimble
Screenplay byJohn Lynch
Story byJohn Lynch
StarringOlive Thomas
William Collier, Jr.
CinematographyRobert Newhard
Edited byDuncan Mansfield
Production
company
Distributed bySelect Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • October 4, 1920 (1920-10-04)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Everybody's Sweetheart is a 1920 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Alan Crosland and Laurence Trimble and written by John Lynch. The film stars Olive Thomas and William Collier, Jr.[1] Everybody's Sweetheart was Thomas' final film role and was released nearly a month after her death from acute nephritis (due to accidental ingestion of mercury bichloride) in Paris on September 10, 1920.[2][3]

A copy of Everybody's Sweetheart is preserved at the George Eastman House.[4]

Cast

  • Olive Thomas as Mary
  • William Collier, Jr. as John
  • Joseph Dowling as General Phillip Bingham
  • Aileen Manning as Mrs. Willing
  • Martha Mattox as Miss Blodgett
  • Hal Wilson as Corporal
  • Bob Hick as Mr. Willing
  • Philip Sleeman - Minor Role (uncredited)

References

  1. ^ Vogel, Michelle (2008). Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty. McFarland. p. 183. ISBN 0-786-45526-8.
  2. ^ "Bichloride of Mercury Killed Olive Thomas". The Toronto World. September 15, 1920. p. 6. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  3. ^ "Olive Thomas' Death Declared An Accident". The Vancouver Sun. September 14, 1920. p. 1. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  4. ^ Vogel 2008 p.66