So Long Letty (1920 film)

So Long Letty is a 1920 silent American comedy film directed by Al Christie and starring Grace Darmond, T. Roy Barnes, and Colleen Moore. It was an adaptation of a 1916 popular stage comedy musical of the same name that starred Charlotte Greenwood.[2]

So Long Letty
Directed byAl Christie
Produced byAl Christie
Written byScott Darling (scenario)
Based onSo Long Letty
by Oliver Morosco, Elmer Harris, and Earl Carroll[1]
StarringT. Roy Barnes
Walter Hiers
Grace Darmond
Colleen Moore
Music byJames C. Bradford
CinematographyAnton Nagy
Stephen Rounds
Production
company
Christie Film Company
Distributed byRobertson-Cole Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • October 20, 1920 (1920-10-20)
Running time
6 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Plot

Harry Miller (Barnes) is a party boy who loves the cabaret scene and nights on the town while his wife Grace is a homebody, distressed by her husband's errant ways. Their neighbors are the opposite. Tommy Robbins (Walter Hiers) likes domestic life and home cooking while his wife Letty (Darmond) is devoted to the wild life. Harry and Tommy hatch a plan to solve their problems; that they divorce their wives and swap. The wives overhear the plan and go along with the suggestion, though following a plan of their own. They suggest a week-long trial period of platonic marriage, during which the wives do all they can to make their new potential mates miserable. In the end the husbands are happy with the wives who they have married.

Cast

Remake

The film was remade by Warner Bros. in 1929 under the same title. The 1929 version stars Charlotte Greenwood in the titular role. Greenwood was the star of the original 1916 Broadway play.

References
  1. So Long Letty on the Internet Broadway Database
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: So Long Letty at silentera.com

Bibliography
  • Codori, Jeff (2012), Colleen Moore; A Biography of the Silent Film Star, McFarland Publishing, Print ISBN 978-0-7864-4969-9, EBook ISBN 978-0-7864-8899-5.


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