The Clean Up is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by William Parke and starring Herbert Rawlinson, Claire Adams, and Claire Anderson.[1][2]
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Directed by | William Parke |
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Cinematography | Richard Fryer |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
editAs described in a film magazine review,[3] spendthrift Montgomery Bixby's grandfather leaves him only a dollar in his will and fifty thousand dollars in cash to each citizen of the little town in which he lived. His sweetheart jilts him, as the whole town goes money mad. Crooks arrive to get in on the "clean-up." Monte decides to save the people in spite of themselves, and he enlists the aid of his grandfather's former secretary. He succeeds and then finds out that the will was only a hoax intended to teach him the value of money, and that a real inheritance is waiting for him.
Cast
edit- Herbert Rawlinson as Montgomery Bixby
- Claire Adams as Phyllis Andrews
- Claire Anderson as Mary Reynolds
- Herbert Fortier as Robert Reynolds
- Margaret Campbell as Mrs. Reynolds
- Frank Farrington as Amos Finderson
References
edit- ^ Munden p. 131
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Clean Up at silentera.com
- ^ "Tried and Proven Pictures: The Clean Up". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York, NY: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 52. April 26, 1924. Retrieved November 22, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Bibliography
edit- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
edit- The Clean Up at IMDb