That Certain Thing
This article is about a silent film. For the Snowy White album, see That Certain Thing (album).
That Certain Thing | |
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lobby poster | |
Directed by | Frank Capra |
Produced by |
Harry Cohn Frank Capra |
Written by |
Frank Capra Elmer Harris |
Starring |
Viola Dana Ralph Graves Burr McIntosh Aggie Herring |
Cinematography | Joseph Walker |
Edited by | Arthur Roberts |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
Country | United States |
That Certain Thing is a 1928 silent film comedy directed by Frank Capra. It was Capra's first film for Harry Cohn's Columbia Pictures.[1]
Plot
Molly Kelly (Viola Dana) intends to marry a millionaire. When she meets Andy Charles, Jr. (Ralph Graves), heir to a restaurant fortune, she sees her chance and marries him. Upon discovering the marriage, Andy's father (Burr McIntosh) becomes irate and disinherits his son. Andy attempts life as a ditch-digger to support his wife, but the results are not what he had hoped for.
Cast
- Viola Dana as Molly Kelly
- Ralph Graves as Andy B. Charles, Jr.
- Burr McIntosh as A.B. Charles, Sr.
- Aggie Herring as Maggie Kelly
- Carl Gerard as Secretary Brooks
- Syd Crossley as Valet
Preservation status
- a print survives in the Library of Congress Packard Campus collection, George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection, UCLA Film and Television Archives, National Archives of Canada(Ottawa), Cineteca Del Friuli(Gemona).[2][3]
References
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..That Certain Thing
- ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.181 c.1978 the American Film Institute
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..That Certain Thing
External links
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