Putting It Over

Putting It Over
Bryant Washburn and Shirley Mason
Directed by	Donald Crisp
Written by	George Weston (story) Marion Fairfax (scenario)
Produced by	Adolph Zukor Jesse Lasky
Starring	Bryant Washburn Shirley Mason
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	June 1, 1919 (1919-06-01)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Putting It Over is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and starring Bryant Washburn. The film was produced by Famous Players–Lasky with distribution being handled by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

As described in a film magazine, Buddy (Washburn) works in a drug store mixing soda waters for $12 a week. By calling his landlady "Dearie" and making love to her daughter, he is allowed certain liberties around his boarding house. He falls in love with a stenographer and in a moment of confidence proposes to her, and she accepts. He tells her that he makes $50 a week. A cut in the workforce at the drug store finds him without a job. He is also ejected from his room, and spends the night in the park. During the long hours of the night he evolves a scheme which the drug store puts into practice, and he soon has a position at his old firm paying $50 a week. On the day he accepts the job offer the wedding bells ring out.

Cast

• Bryant Washburn as Robert "Buddy" Marsh
• Shirley Mason as Mary Stacey
• Adele Farrington as Mrs. Peeler
• Winifred Greenwood as Miss June Peeler
• Casson Ferguson as Perkins
• Clarence Geldart as Mr. Hard (credited as C.H. Geldert)
• Edward Alexander as Percival
• Robert Dunbar as Chilton
• Guy Oliver as Policeman
• Edna Mae Cooper

External links

• Putting It Over at IMDb
• listing at AllMovie
• Glass slide