Oh, You Women! is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by John Emerson and written by Emerson and Anita Loos. The film stars Ernest Truex, Joseph Burke, Bernard Randall, Gaston Glass, Louise Huff, and Betty Wales. It was released on May 4, 1919, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2] Oh, You Women! is currently considered a lost film.[3] The film, that had 5 reels,[4] was "about soldiers returning home from the First World War in 1919".[5]
| Oh, You Women! | |
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| Directed by | John Emerson |
| Screenplay by | John Emerson Anita Loos |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor John Emerson Anita Loos |
| Starring | Ernest Truex Joseph Burke Bernard Randall Gaston Glass Louise Huff Betty Wales |
| Cinematography | Jacques Montéran (French Wikipedia) |
Production companies | Famous Players–Lasky Corporation John Emerson & Anita Loos Productions |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
editAs described in a film magazine,[6] boy orator Abraham Lincoln Jones (Truex) works in the mayor's office and emulates his namesake, believing that he had a sure accession to the boss's chair. But the war took him away, mussed him up, and shot him back home on sick leave. He finds the home town is not the same. A couple of "Women's Rights" specialists had vested and panted the female populous, while males were minding the babies and doing housework. One young woman retained frills and furbelows, the dreaded dressmaker's daughter. Abe takes hold of the town and young woman and proves himself a man.
Cast
edit- Ernest Truex as Abraham Lincoln Jones
- Joseph Burke as Joe Bush
- Bernard Randall as Alec Smart
- Gaston Glass as Jimmy Johnson
- Louise Huff as Mary Shelby
- Betty Wales as Ethel Johnson
- Merceita Esmond as Alice Wilson
- Ida Fitzhugh as Aurora Noyes
- Josephine Stevens as Lotta Noyes
References
edit- ^ "Oh, You Women!". AFI. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ "Oh, You Women!". Silent Era. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
- ^ American Silent Feature Film Database entry on Oh, You Women! at The Library of Congress
- ^ Exhibitors Herald Co.; Exhibitors Herald (1919). Exhibitors Herald (Jun-Sep 1919). Media History Digital Library. Chicago, Exhibitors Herald.
- ^ Loos, Anita; Beauchamp, Cari; Loos, Mary (2003). Anita Loos rediscovered : film treatments and fiction. Internet Archive. Berkeley : University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22894-8.
- ^ "Reviews: Oh, You Women!". Exhibitors Herald. 8 (20). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 46. May 10, 1919.
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