Mr. Fix-It
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| Directed by | Allan Dwan |
| Produced by | Douglas Fairbanks Jesse L. Lasky |
| Written by | Ernest Butterworth (story) Allan Dwan Joseph Henabery |
| Starring | Douglas Fairbanks Wanda Hawley Marjorie Daw Katherine MacDonald Frank Campeau Ida Waterman Fred Goodwins |
| Cinematography | Hugh McClung |
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Famous Players–Lasky / Artcraft
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time
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50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Mr. Fix-It is a 1918 American silent comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, and Wanda Hawley, directed by Allan Dwan.[1][2]
Plot
As described in a film magazine,[3] because of his ability to fix things Dick Remington (Fairbanks) becomes known as "Mr. Fix-It" and enters the aristocratic home of the Burroughs as their nephew. Before long he has melted the stone hearts of three aunts and one uncle and won the heart of Mary McCullough (Hawley) in addition to setting aright the affairs of pretty Georgiana Burroughs (MacDonald) and Olive Van Tassell (Landis).
Cast
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- Douglas Fairbanks as Dick Remington
- Wanda Hawley as Mary McCullough
- Marjorie Daw as Marjorie Threadwell
- Frank Campeau as Uncle Henry Burroughs
- Katherine MacDonald as Georgiana Burroughs
- Leslie Stuart as Reginald Burroughs
- Ida Waterman as Aunt Agatha Burroughs
- Alice H. Smith as Aunt Priscilla Burroughs
- Mrs. H.R. Hancock as Aunt Laura Burroughs
- Mr. Russell as Butler Jarvis
- Fred Goodwins as Gideon Van Tassell
- Margaret Landis as Olive Van Tassell
- Charles Stevens as Gangster (uncredited)
- Gustav von Seyffertitz as Doctor (uncredited)
Reception
Like many American films of the time, Mr. Fix-It was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 5, the policeman arresting women in kimono coming from raided house of ill repute.[4]
Preservation status
On July 16, 2011 at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival presented a restored print of the film from George Eastman House.[5][6]
See also
References
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Mr. Fix-It
- ↑ Mr. Fix-It at silentera.com
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- ↑ Mr. Fix-It at San Francisco Silent Film Festival website
- ↑ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Mr. Fix-It
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Mr. Fix-It at IMDb
- Mr. Fix-It at the TCM Movie Database
- Mr. Fix-It at AllMovie
- Mr. Fix-It at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Progressive Silent Film List: Mr. Fix-It at silentera.com
- Still at silentfilm.org
- Articles with short description
- Pages with broken file links
- 1918 films
- American silent feature films
- Paramount Pictures films
- Silent American comedy films
- 1918 comedy films
- Films directed by Allan Dwan
- American black-and-white films
- 1910s rediscovered films
- Rediscovered American films
- 1910s American films
- 1910s English-language films
