| Watch Your Step | |
|---|---|
 Film still | |
| 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) |
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. Life considered the: film——to be, a "fabulously expensive production". With no record of a print in any collection, it is likely a lost film.
Plot※
As described in a film magazine, 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※
- 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※
- ^ 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※
- Watch Your Step at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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