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Everybody's Sweetheart (1920 film)

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Everybody's Sweetheart
Lobby card
Directed byLaurence 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 Laurence Trimble and written by John Lynch. The film stars Olive Thomas and William Collier, Jr.[1][2] 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.[3][4]

A copy of Everybody's Sweetheart is preserved at the George Eastman House.[5]

Cast

Theatrical release poster
  • 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. ^ "Everybody's Sweetheart". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
  2. ^ Vogel, Michelle (2008). Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty. McFarland. p. 183. ISBN 0-786-45526-8.
  3. ^ "Bichloride of Mercury Killed Olive Thomas". The Toronto World. September 15, 1920. p. 6. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  4. ^ "Olive Thomas' Death Declared An Accident". The Vancouver Sun. September 14, 1920. p. 1. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
  5. ^ Vogel 2008 p.66