When the Clouds Roll By
| When the Clouds Roll By | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by |
Victor Fleming Theodore Reed (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Douglas Fairbanks |
| Written by |
Douglas Fairbanks (story) T. J. G. (scenario) Lewis Weadon (uncredited) |
| Starring | Douglas Fairbanks |
| Cinematography |
William McGann Harry Thorpe |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release dates |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
When the Clouds Roll By is a 1919 American comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Victor Fleming and Theodore Reed.[1][2] A copy of the film exists in an archive.[1]
Plot
A man follows the advice of a "psychiatrist" who lives in a nearby apartment as he romances a woman in Greenwich Village. "Psychiatrist" Dr. Ulrich Metz attempts to drive Daniel Brown to suicide.
Cast
- Douglas Fairbanks - Daniel Boone Brown
- Kathleen Clifford - Lucette Bancroft
- Frank Campeau - Mark Drake
- Ralph Lewis - Curtis Brown
- Daisy Jefferson - Bobby De Vere
- Bull Montana - The Nightmare
- Herbert Grimwood - Dr. Ulrich Metz
- Albert MacQuarrie - Hobson
- Victor Fleming - Himself
- Thomas J. Geraghty - Himself (as T. J. G.)
- William C. McGann - Himself
- Harris Thorpe - Himself
- Babe London - Switchboard Operator (uncredited)
Reception
Fairbanks biographer Jeffrey Vance considers When the Cloud Rolls By to be the "best of all the contemporary Fairbanks comedies." "Executed at a breathless pace, When the Clouds Roll By is a masterful showpiece for the whirling cyclone of energy that was Douglas Fairbanks." Vance's highest praise is for the elaborate dream sequence, which he deems "a virtual encapsulation of every gymnastic feat in the Fairbanks repertoire" and notes that Fairbanks's walk on the ceiling of his home anticipates the celebrated "dancing on the ceiling" sequence in Stanley Donen's Royal Wedding (1951). Vance also notes that the film's flood sequence conclusion presages a similar ending in Buster Keaton's classic Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928).[3]
References
- 1 2 Progressive Silent Film List: When the Clouds Roll By at silentera.com
- ↑ "When the Clouds Roll By". American Film Institute. afi.com. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
- ↑ Vance, Jeffrey. Douglas Fairbanks (Berkeley, 2008), 81-83 ISBN 978-0-520-25667-5.
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