HE COMES UP SMILING

Allan Dwan

Sog.: dal romanzo omonimo di Charles Sherman e dall’adattamento teatrale di Byron Ongley ed Emil Nyitray. Scen.: Frances Marion. F.: Joseph August, Hugh McClung. Int.: Douglas Fairbanks (Jerry Martin), Marjorie Daw (Billy Bartlett), Herbert Standing (Mike), Frank Campeau (John Bartlett), Bull Montana (Baron Bean), Albert MacQuarrie (Batchelor), Kathleen Kirkham (Louise), Jay Dwiggins (il generale). Prod.: Douglas Fairbanks per Douglas Fairbanks Pictures. Pri. pro.: 15 settembre 1918 35mm. L.: 500 m. (incompleto). D.: 24’ a 18 f/s. Bn.

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T. it.: Italian title. T. int.: International title. T. alt.: Alternative title. Sog.: Story. Scen.: Screenplay. F.: Cinematography. M.: Editing. Scgf.: Set Design. Mus.: Music. Int.: Cast. Prod.: Production Company. L.: Length. D.: Running Time. f/s: Frames per second. Bn.: Black e White. Col.: Color. Da: Print source

Film Notes

The surviving fragment of this 1918 feature – the last of Dwan’s contemporary comedies with Douglas Fairbanks – finds Fairbanks as a bank teller placed in charge of his boss’s pet canary. When the bird escapes, Doug chases it up, down and around the small town where the story is set, in a marvelously dynamic sequence that demonstrates Dwan’s early and complete mastery of match cuts as a way of sustaining a sense of continuous, seamless movement across a series of complex spaces.

Dave Kehr

In short

Director: Allan Dwan
Year: 1918
Country: USA
Running time: 24'
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2013
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Allan Dwan, The Noble Primitive
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