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Hitting the High Spots
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Charles Swickard
Cast: Bert Lytell [Bob Durland], Eileen Percy [Alice Randolph], Winter Hall [Morgan Randolph], Helen Dunbar [Mrs. Randolph], Gordon Griffith [Jack Randolph], Fred Goodwins [Harold Blake], Ilean Hume [Tonia], Stanton Heck [Von Holke], Al Edmundson (Albert Edmondson) [Lopez], William Eagle Eye (Eagle Eye) [Jose], William Courtright [Felipe]
Metro Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation [All-Star Series]. / Scenario by George D. Baker and Bert Lytell, from a screen story by Bert Lytell. Production management by George D. Baker. Cinematography by Robert Kurrle. Presented by Metro Pictures Corporation. / © 16 December 1918 by Metro Pictures Corporation [LP13161]. Released 9 December 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy-Drama.
Reviews: [Motion Picture News, 22 December 1918, page 3774] The comedy element which occurs towards the end will, I believe, save this picture, because it furnishes enough amusement to satisfy, especially the star’s friends. The story, being illogical, fails to convince. It shows two young men in love with the heroine. The one is poor, while the other, rich. The heroine is in love with the hero, the poor one, but the mother favors the rich one. The father of the girl has sunk all his money in a mining enterprise in Mexico. The revolution stops work on the mines, and they are about to be forfeited to the government, unless, according to the Mexican law, a certain amount of work is done. In order to save the property, the two men agree to work the mine. After being there a short time, the rich young men gets so terror stricken from the bandits that he gives up further efforts, returns to the United States, and gives out a report that the hero has been killed. He is about to marry the girl when the hero, having completed the work and secured title to the property, returns. After giving the villain a good beating for the false report, he marries the girl. The picture is clean.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 26 November 2023.
References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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