Putting It Over

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

Putting It Over is a lost^[1] 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.^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[3] 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

References

↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Putting It Over
↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Putting It Over
↑ "Reviews: Putting It Over". Exhibitors Herald (New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company) 8 (24): 42. June 7, 1919.

External links

Putting It Over at the Internet Movie Database
listing at AllMovie
Glass slide

Films directed by Donald Crisp

1910s	Her Father's Silent Partner (1914) short The Mysterious Shot (1914) short The Newer Woman (1914) short Their First Acquaintance (1914) short The Weaker Strain (1914) short The Idiot (1914) short The Tavern of Tragedy (1914) short Her Mother's Necklace (1914) short Frenchy (1914) short Down the Hill to Creditville (1914) short The Great God Fear (1914) short His Mother's Trust (1914) short Sands of Fate (1914) short The Warning (1914) short The Availing Prayer (1914) short Paid with Interest (1914) short The Niggard (1914) short The Little Country Mouse (1914) short Another Chance (1914) short At Dawn (1914) short An Old-Fashioned Girl (1915) short How Hazel Got Even (1915) short Ramona (1916) The Eyes of the World (1917) His Sweetheart (1917) The Bond Between (1917) The Marcellini Millions (1917) A Roadside Impresario (1917) The Cook of Canyon Camp (1917) Lost in Transit (1917) The Countess Charming (1917) The Clever Mrs. Carfax (1917) Jules of the Strong Heart (1918) Rimrock Jones (1918) The House of Silence (1918) Believe Me, Xantippe (1918) The Firefly of France (1918) Less Than Kin (1918) The Goat (1918) The Way of a Man with a Maid (1918) Under the Top (1919) Venus in the East (1919) The Poor Boob (1919) Johnny Get Your Gun (1919) Something to Do (1919) Putting It Over (1919) A Very Good Young Man (1919) Love Insurance (1919) Why Smith Left Home (1919) It Pays to Advertise (1919) Too Much Johnson (1919)

1920s	The Six Best Cellars (1920) Miss Hobbs (1920) Held by the Enemy (1920) The Barbarian (1921) The Princess of New York (1921) Appearances (1921) The Bonnie Brier Bush (1921) Tell Your Children (1922) Ponjola (1924) The Navigator (1924) Don Q, Son of Zorro (1925) Sunny Side Up (1926) Young April (1926) Nobody's Widow (1927) Man Bait (1927) Vanity (1927) The Fighting Eagle (1927) Dress Parade (1927) Stand and Deliver (1928) The Cop (1928)

1930s	The Runaway Bride (1930)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, April 04, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.