Watch Your Step is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by William Beaudine. It stars Cullen Landis, Patsy Ruth Miller, Bert Woodruff, and George C. Pearce.[1] Life considered the film to be a "fabulously expensive production".[2] With no record of a print in any collection, it is likely a lost film.[3]
| Watch Your Step | |
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| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Written by | Julien Josephson |
| Produced by | B.P. Fineman, Samuel Goldwyn |
| Starring | Cullen Landis Patsy Ruth Miller Bert Woodruff George C. Pearce |
| Cinematography | John J. Mescall |
| Edited by | Ralph Block |
| Distributed by | Goldwyn Pictures Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
editAs described in a film magazine,[4] Elmer Slocum (Landis), a wealthy city youth, while trying to elude the police in his high powered automobile, has a smashup and, in a rough and tumble fight with a motorcycle policeman, knocks him out. He is robbed of his clothes by a group of tramps. He tries to hide from the police in a small village in Iowa and there meets Margaret Andrews (Miller), daughter of the richest man in town. He gets a position at a grocery store run by Russ Weaver (Woodruff) and learns that he has a rival for the hand of Margaret in Lon Kimball (Cannon), son of an undertaker. In a fight with Lon, Elmer comes off victorious, but a constable (Rattenberry) arrests him. Things look dark for Elmer until his father Henry Slocum (Cossar) with news that the motorcycle policeman has recovered and all has been forgiven.
Cast
edit- Cullen Landis as Elmer Slocum
- Patsy Ruth Miller as Margaret Andrews
- Bert Woodruff as Russ Weaver
- George C. Pearce as Lark Andrews
- Raymond Cannon as Lon Kimball
- Gus Leonard as Jennifer Kimball
- Harry L. Rattenberry as the Constable
- Joel Day as Ky Wilson
- L.J. O'Connor as Detective Ryan
- John Cossar as Henry Slocum
- Lillian Sylvester as Mrs. Spivey
- Louis King as Lote Spivey
- Cordelia Callahan as Mrs. Andrews
- Alberta Lee as Mrs. Weaver
References
edit- ^ Sherwood, Robert Emmet (1923). The Best Moving Pictures of 1922-23, Who's Who in the Movies and Yearbook of the American Screen. p. 94.
- ^ Life. Life Magazine, Incorporated. 1922. p. 1922.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Watch Your Step at silentera.com
- ^ "Reviews: Watch Your Step". Exhibitors Herald. 14 (16). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 65. April 15, 1922.
External links
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- Watch Your Step at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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