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Putting It Over
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Wikipedia article
'Putting It Over' is a lost[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8492/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Putting It Over'] 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and starring Bryant Washburn. The film was produced by Famous Players-Lasky with distribution being handled by Paramount Pictures.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=15538 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'Putting It Over']
Plot
As described in a film magazine, Buddy (Washburn) works in a drug store mixing soda waters for $12 a week. By calling his landlady "Dearie" and making love to her daughter, he is allowed certain liberties around his boarding house. He falls in love with a stenographer and in a moment of confidence proposes to her, and she accepts. He tells her that he makes $50 a week. A cut in the workforce at the drug store finds him without a job. He is also ejected from his room, and spends the night in the park. During the long hours of the night he evolves a scheme which the drug store puts into practice, and he soon has a position at his old firm paying $50 a week. On the day he accepts the job offer the wedding bells ring out.
Cast
*Bryant Washburn as Robert "Buddy" Marsh
*Shirley Mason as Mary Stacey
*Adele Farrington as Mrs. Peeler
*Winifred Greenwood as Miss June Peeler
*Casson Ferguson as Perkins
*Clarence Geldart as Mr. Hard (credited as C.H. Geldert)
*Edward Alexander as Percival
*Robert Dunbar as Chilton
*Guy Oliver as Policeman
*Edna Mae Cooper
References
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