Everybody's Sweetheart (1920 film)

Everybody's Sweetheart
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Directed by	Laurence Trimble
Screenplay by	John Lynch
Story by	John Lynch
Starring	Olive Thomas William Collier Jr.
Cinematography	Robert Newhard
Edited by	Duncan Mansfield
Production company	Selznick Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Select Pictures Corporation
Release dates	October 4, 1920
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Everybody's Sweetheart is a 1920 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Laurence Trimble and written by John Lynch. The film stars Olive Thomas and William Collier, Jr.^[1][2] Everybody's Sweetheart was Thomas' final film role and was released nearly a month after her death from acute nephritis (due to accidental ingestion of mercury bichloride) in Paris on September 10, 1920.^[3][4]

A copy of Everybody's Sweetheart is preserved at the George Eastman House.^[5]

Cast

Theatrical release poster

• Olive Thomas as Mary
• William Collier Jr. as John
• Joseph Dowling as General Phillip Bingham
• Aileen Manning as Mrs. Willing
• Martha Mattox as Miss Blodgett
• Hal Wilson as Corporal
• Bob Hick as Mr. Willing
• Philip Sleeman - Minor Role (uncredited)

References

1. "Everybody's Sweetheart". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2016-08-08.
2. Vogel, Michelle (2008). Olive Thomas: The Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty. McFarland. p. 183. ISBN 0-786-45526-8.
3. "Bichloride of Mercury Killed Olive Thomas". The Toronto World. September 15, 1920. p. 6. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
4. "Olive Thomas' Death Declared An Accident". The Vancouver Sun. September 14, 1920. p. 1. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
5. Vogel 2008 p.66

External links

• Everybody's Sweetheart at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Everybody's Sweetheart at the Internet Movie Database
• Everybody's Sweetheart at AllMovie