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Wikipedia article




'Smilin' at Trouble' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Harry Garson and starring Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn, Helen Lynch and Kathleen Myers.Katchmer p.293 Location shooting took place around San Pedro and at a dam construction site, likely the Pit 3 Dam in Northern California.

Synopsis



Civil engineer Jerry Foster is hired by wealth contractor Michael Arnold to oversee construction of a new dam. Jerry falls in love with Arnold's daughter Alice, but her socially aspiring father pushes her towards an engagement with the aristocratic Lafaette Van Renselaer. Further complications ensue when it is discovered that the damn is being built with inferior cement, weakening its structure.

Cast



* Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn as Jerry Foster

* Helen Lynch as Alice Arnold

* Ray Ripley as Lafaette Van Renselaer

* Lee Shumway as Swazey

* Charles McHugh as Clancey O'Toole

* Hal Wilson as Michael Arnold

* Kathleen Myers as Kathleen O'Toole

* Ray Turner as Colored Boy

* Joe O'Brien as Tom

References



Bibliography



* Connelly, Robert B. 'The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2'. December Press, 1998.

* Katchmer, George A. 'Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known'. McFarland, 1991.

* 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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