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The Nervous Wreck
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Wikipedia article
', 1926
'The Nervous Wreck' is a 1926 American silent comedy adventure film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Harrison Ford, Phyllis Haver and Chester Conklin.Connelly p.182 It is based on the play 'The Nervous Wreck' by Owen Davis, inspired by an earlier story 'The Wreck' by E.J. Rath. The play later became a musical on which the 1930 film 'Whoopee!' was based and also inspired the 1944 film 'Up in Arms'.
Synopsis
Wrongly believing himself to be suffering from a fatal illness, a Pittsburgh man sets out for Arizona but stops at a ranch for a meal on the way. There he is tricked into eloping with the daughter of the house, engaged to a local sheriff. The couple are subsequently pursued by the sheriff and the girl's father, and during a series of adventures he discovers that his poor health was all in his mind.
Cast
* Harrison Ford as Henry Williams
* Phyllis Haver as Sally Morgan
* Chester Conklin as Mort
* Mack Swain as Jerome Underwood
* Hobart Bosworth as Jud Morgan
* Paul Nicholson as Bob Wells
* Vera Steadman as Harriet Underwood
* Charles K. Gerrard as Reggie De Vere
* Clarence Burton as Andy McNab
References
Bibliography
* Connelly, Robert B. 'The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2'. December Press, 1998.
* Munden, Kenneth White. 'The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1'. University of California Press, 1997.
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