One Splendid Hour
{{short description|1929 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = One Splendid Hour
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| director = Cliff Wheeler
| producer = {{ubl|Samuel Zierler|Burton L. King}}
| writer = {{ubl|Isadore Bernstein|Sylvia Bernstein|Jacques Jaccard|Adeline Leitzbach}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Viola Dana|George Periolat|Jack Richardson}}
| music =
| editing = Betty Davis
| cinematography = {{ubl|Walter Haas|William Miller}}
| studio = Excellent Pictures
| distributor = Excellent Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1929|05|01}}
| runtime = 67 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent
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One Splendid Hour is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Cliff Wheeler and starring Viola Dana, George Periolat and Jack Richardson. Dana retired following the film, due to the introduction of sound films.Lowe p.149
Synopsis
A socialite goes slumming a poor neighbourhood where she meets a Doctor. In order to attract his attention she disguises herself as a wayward girl.
Cast
- Viola Dana as Bobbie Walsh
- George Periolat as Senator Walsh
- Allan Simpson as Dr. Thornton
- Lewis Sargent as Jimmy O'Shea
- Jack Richardson as Peter Hoag
- Lucy Beaumont as Mother Kelly
- Florice Cooper as Rose Kelly
- Ernie Adams as Solly
- Hugh Saxon as The Roué
- Charles H. Hickman as Police Captain
References
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Bibliography
- Lowe, Denise. An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Routledge, 2014.