Fair Week
{{short description|1924 film by Rob Wagner}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Fair Week
| image = Carmen Phillips, silent film actress (SAYRE 7112).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Carmen Phillips in the film
| director = Rob Wagner
| producer = Jesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
| screenplay = Thomas J. Geraghty
| story = Walter Woods
| starring = Walter Hiers
Constance Wilson
Carmen Phillips
J. Farrell MacDonald
Bobbie Mack
Mary Jane Irving
| music =
| cinematography = Bert Baldridge
| editing =
| studio = Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
| distributor = Paramount Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1924|3|16}}
| runtime = 50 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Fair Week is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Rob Wagner and written by Thomas J. Geraghty and Walter Woods. The film stars Walter Hiers, Constance Wilson, Carmen Phillips, J. Farrell MacDonald, Bobbie Mack, and Mary Jane Irving. The film was released on March 16, 1924, by Paramount Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/90882/Fair-Week/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203220039/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/90882/Fair-Week/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|author=Hans J. Wollstein|date=2015|title=Fair-Week - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com|accessdate=February 3, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=1&Movie=8911|title=Fair Week|work=afi.com|accessdate=February 3, 2015}}
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |title=Box Office Reviews: Fair Week |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume= |issue= |pages=26 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=22 March 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibi00newy/page/n247/mode/1up |accessdate=11 October 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} Slim Swasey of Rome, Missouri, is the guardian of Tinkle, a six year old girl deserted by some member of a traveling show. During Fair Week balloonist Madame Le Grande arrives. Isadore Kelly and 'Sure Thing' Sherman are crooks and plan to rob the town bank. When the balloon ascends in a sudden flight, Tinkle is its only passenger, but Slim rushes to the rescue with some acrobatic stunts. Later, Slim foils the scheme of the crooks and wins the affections of Ollie Remus, the young woman that he loves. Madame Le Grande turns out to be Tinkle's mother.
Cast
- Walter Hiers as Slim Swasey
- Constance Wilson as Ollie Remus
- Carmen Phillips as Madame Le Grande
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Jasper Remus
- Bobbie Mack as Dan Hogue
- Mary Jane Irving as Tinkle
- Earl Metcalfe as 'Sure Thing' Sherman
- Knute Erickson as Isadore Kelly
- Jane Keckley as Mary Ellen Allen
Constance Wilson was the sister of actress Lois Wilson.
Preservation
A print of Fair Week survives in the Gosfilmofond archive.[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1516/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Fair Week]
References
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External links
{{commons category|Fair Week}}
- {{IMDb title|0131377|Fair Week}}
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Silent American comedy films
Category:Paramount Pictures films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language comedy films
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