''The Frisky Mrs. Johnson'' is a 1920
silent film comedy starring
Billie Burke. It was produced by
Famous Players–Lasky
The Famous Players–Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company formed on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Companyoriginally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Playsan ...
and distributed through
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the flagship namesake subsidiary of Paramount ...
. It is based on a 1903 Broadway stage play by
Clyde Fitch. On the stage Burke's part was played by
Amelia Bingham. Burke's next to last silent film. It is a
lost film.
Plot
As summarized in a film publication,
Mrs. Belle Johnson (Burke) is a widow and has a married sister Grace Morley (Warrington) who is unhappy and is having an affair with Sir Lionel Heathcote (Gordon). Belle tries to keep them apart to save her sister's reputation. Frank Morley (Hare), a brother of Grace's husband and a previous love of Belle, returns and soon he and Belle are in love again and planning to elope. At the same time Grace is planning on running off with Heathcote, and a note sent to her is found by her husband Jim (Crane). Jim follows his wife Grace to Heathcote's apartment, but Belle gets there ahead of them and pretends that the note was meant for her. Franks hears of this and wants nothing more with Belle. Eventually, Grace decides that she cannot let her sister sacrifice her happiness and tells her husband the truth. Frank goes back with Belle, and Grace says that she is getting a divorce so that she can marry Heathcote.
Cast
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Billie Burke - Belle Johnson
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Ward Crane
Ward Crane (May 18, 1890 – July 21, 1928) was an American silent film actor popular in comedies and dramas. Out of dozens of films, he is remembered as the handsome heavy to Buster Keaton's hero in '' Sherlock Jr.'' (1924).
Crane died aged ...
- Jim Morley
*Jane Warrington - Grace Morley
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Lumsden Hare
Francis Lumsden Hare (17 October 1874 – 28 August 1964) was an Irish-born American film and theatre actor. He was also a theatre director and theatrical producer.
Early years
Hare was born in County Tipperary, Ireland. He studied at St. Duns ...
- Frank Morley
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Huntley Gordon - Sir Lionel Heathcote
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Jean De Briac
Jean De Briac (born Jean-Frederic Weitler, 15 August 1891 – 18 October 1970) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1920 and 1962. He was born in France and died in Los Angeles, California. He immigrated to the ...
- Max Dendeau
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Robert Agnew
Robert Agnew (June 4, 1899 – November 8, 1983) was an American movie actor who worked mostly in the silent film era, making 65 films in both the silent and sound eras.
Agnew was born in Dayton, Kentucky. He died in 1983 in Palm Springs, C ...
- Lal Birkenread
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Leonora von Ottinger - Mrs. Birkenread
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Emily Fitzroy
Emily Fitzroy (24 May 1860 – 3 March 1954) was an English theatre and film actress who eventually became an American citizen. She was at one time a leading lady in London for Sir Charles Wyndham.
She made her film debut in 1915. Her debut ...
- Mrs. Chardley
References
External links
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1920 films
American silent feature films
Films directed by Edward Dillon
American films based on plays
Lost American comedy films
Famous Players-Lasky films
1920 comedy films
Silent American comedy films
American black-and-white films
1920 lost films
1920s American films
1920s English-language films
English-language comedy films
Films based on works by Paul Gavault
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