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On the Quiet
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4549 feet
Directed by Chet Withey

Cast: John Barrymore [Robert Ridgway], Lois Meredith [Agnes Colt], Frank Losee [Judge Ridgway], J.W. Johnston [Horace Colt], Alfred Hickman [Hix], Helen Greene [Ethel Colt], Cyril Chadwick [Duke of Carbondale], Frank H. Belcher (Frank Belcher) [McGeachy], Nan Christy [a chorus girl], Dell Boone [a chorus girl], Dan Mason [the clerk], Frank Hilton [the secretary], Otto Okuga [the valet], Louise Lee [the maid]

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [A Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by Charles E. Whittaker, from the play On the Quiet by Augustus Thomas. Cinematography by William Marshall. Presented by Adolph Zukor. / © 13 August 1918 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP12744]. Released 1 September 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Blackmail - Domestics: Maids, Valets - Family: Brother-sister relationships, Brothers-in-Law - Marriages (Secret) - Scandals - Yale University

Listing updated: 16 October 2023.

References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Pete Jones.