Good Gracious, Annabelle

Good Gracious, Annabelle
Good Gracious, Annabelle
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Directed by	George Melford
Based on	Good Gracious Annabelle; by Clare Kummer
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse Lasky;
Cinematography	Paul Perry
Production; company	Famous Players–Lasky
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	March 30, 1919;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent; English intertitles;

Good Gracious, Annabelle is a lost^[1] 1919 American silent society comedy film starring Billie Burke. It is based on the 1916 Broadway play, Good Gracious, Annabelle by Clare Kummer. This film was produced by Famous Players–Lasky with distribution by Paramount Pictures.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Plot

As described in film magazines,^[5]^[6] Annabelle Leigh (Burke) lives extravagantly on a quarterly allowance that she spends monthly, until she is tricked out of two shares of a mining stock by crude, western miner John Rawson (Rawlinson), who compelled her to marry him after the death of her father in a squabble over the stock. The marriage is little more than form and rather than keeping her in a lonesome cabin where she cries perpetually, her magnanimous husband sets her free to go to New York City where she lives in an extravagant style. During a struggle for possession of her stock certificates with financier George Wimbledon (Kent), she takes a violent fancy towards a mysterious millionaire whom she meets during a party at Kent's Long Island estate. She tells him that she is resorting to all of the tricks she plays simply to save her husband, whose interests are threatened. The mysterious millionaire turns out to be that husband, who has shaved off his beard and wins her this time through love.

Cast

Billie Burke as Annabelle Leigh
Herbert Rawlinson as John Rawson
Gilbert Douglas as Harry Murchison
Crauford Kent as George Wimbledon
Frank Losee as William Gosling
Leslie Casey as Wilbur Jennings
Gordon Dana as Alfred Weatherby
Delle Duncan as Ethel Deane
Olga Downs as Gwendolyn Morley
Thomas Braidon as James Ludgate
Billie Wilson as Lottie

Later adaptation

The play was also the basis of the 1931 romantic comedy Annabelle's Affairs.

References

^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Good Gracious, Annabelle
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Good Gracious, Annabelle(Wayback)
^ Progressive Silent Film List: Good Gracious, Annabelle at silentera.com
^ Good Gracious Annabelle as produced on Broadway at the Theatre Republic, October 1916 to February 1917, 111 performances; IBDb.com
^ Harrison, Louis Reeves (April 12, 1919). "Reviews and Advertising Aids: Good Gracious, Annabelle". Moving Picture World. 40 (2). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company: 277. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
^ "Adaptation of Clever Stage Comedy Has Entertaining Qualities". Film Daily. 7 (65). New York City: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.: 3 April 1, 1919. Retrieved 2014-10-09.

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[1] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Good Gracious, Annabelle

[2] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Good Gracious, Annabelle(Wayback)

[3] Progressive Silent Film List: Good Gracious, Annabelle at silentera.com

[4] Good Gracious Annabelle as produced on Broadway at the Theatre Republic, October 1916 to February 1917, 111 performances; IBDb.com

[5] Harrison, Louis Reeves (April 12, 1919). "Reviews and Advertising Aids: Good Gracious, Annabelle". Moving Picture World. 40 (2). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Company: 277. Retrieved 2014-08-24.

[FilmDaily-6] "Adaptation of Clever Stage Comedy Has Entertaining Qualities". Film Daily. 7 (65). New York City: Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.: 3 April 1, 1919. Retrieved 2014-10-09.

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