That Certain Thing (film)
1928 film by Frank Capra
- January 1, 1928 (1928-01-01)
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That Certain Thing is a 1928 silent film comedy directed by Frank Capra. It was Capra's first film for Harry Cohn's Columbia Pictures.[1]
Plot
Molly Kelly (Viola Dana) intends to marry a millionaire. When she meets Andy Charles, Jr. (Ralph Graves), heir to a restaurant fortune, she sees her chance and marries him. Upon discovering the marriage, Andy's father (Burr McIntosh) becomes irate and disinherits his son. Andy attempts life as a ditch-digger to support his wife, but the results are not what he had hoped for.
Cast
- Viola Dana as Molly Kelly
- Ralph Graves as Andy B. Charles, Jr.
- Burr McIntosh as A.B. Charles, Sr.
- Aggie Herring as Maggie Kelly
- Carl Gerard as Secretary Brooks
- Syd Crossley as Valet
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Preservation status
- Prints survive in the Library of Congress Packard Campus collection, George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection, UCLA Film and Television Archives, National Archives of Canada (Ottawa), and the Cineteca Del Friuli (Gemona).[2][3]
References
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..That Certain Thing
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.181 c.1978 the American Film Institute
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..That Certain Thing
External links
- That Certain Thing at IMDb.com
- synopsis at AllMovie
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- Filmography
- Fultah Fisher's Boarding House (1922)
- The Strong Man (1926)
- Long Pants (1927)
- For the Love of Mike (1927)
- That Certain Thing (1928)
- So This Is Love? (1928)
- The Matinee Idol (1928)
- The Way of the Strong (1928)
- Say It with Sables (1928)
- The Power of the Press (1928)
- Submarine (1928)
- The Younger Generation (1929)
- The Donovan Affair (1929)
- Flight (1929)
- Ladies of Leisure (1930)
- Rain or Shine (1930)
- Dirigible (1931)
- The Miracle Woman (1931)
- Platinum Blonde (1931)
- Forbidden (1932)
- American Madness (1932)
- The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
- Lady for a Day (1933)
- It Happened One Night (1934)
- Broadway Bill (1934)
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
- Lost Horizon (1937)
- You Can't Take It with You (1938)
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
- Meet John Doe (1941)
- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
- State of the Union (1948)
- Riding High (1950)
- Here Comes the Groom (1951)
- A Hole in the Head (1959)
- Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
- Prelude to War (1942)
- The Nazis Strike (1943)
- Divide and Conquer (1943)
- The Battle of Britain (1943)
- The Battle of Russia (1943)
- The Battle of China (1944)
- War Comes to America (1945)
- Bibliography
- Liberty Films
- Frank Capra Jr. (son)
- Five Came Back (2017 documentary)
- Frank Capra: Mr. America (2023 documentary)
- Robert Riskin
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