Top o' the Morning (1922 film)
{{short description|1922 film by Edward Laemmle}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Top o' the Morning
| image = Top o' the Morning (1922) - Ad 1.jpg
| caption = Advertisement
| director = Edward Laemmle
| producer = Carl Laemmle
| writer = George Randolph Chester
Wallace Clifton
| based_on = {{based on|Top o' the Mornin|Anne Caldwell}}
| starring =
| cinematography = Charles J. Stumar
| editing =
| distributor = Universal Film Manufacturing Company
| released = {{Film date|1922|9|4}}
| runtime = 50 minutes; 5 reels
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
File:Top o' the Morning lobby card.jpg
Top o' the Morning is a lost[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9940/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Top o' the Morning][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TopOTheMorning1922.html Progressive Silent Film List: Top o' the Morning] at silentera.com 1922 silent romantic drama film directed by Edward Laemmle and starring Gladys Walton. It was produced and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=1733 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Top o' the Morning]
Plot
As described in a film magazine,{{cite journal |title=How to Put Over Gladys Walton in Top o' the Morning |journal=Universal Weekly |volume=16 |issue=2 |page=25 |publisher=Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co. |location=New York City, New York |date=August 26, 1922 |url=https://archive.org/details/universal1516univ/page/n556}} Geraldine "Jerry" O'Donnell (Walton), a winsome Irish colleen, is happy at the thought that she will soon visit her father and brother in America, but once there she finds her stepmother making her life unbearable, and she decides to run away. After leaving a farewell note to her father, she accidentally meets young American banker John Garland (Myers), who remembers her from the previous summer as a lass of Old Ireland. Learning of her plight, he offers to take her into his home as a governess to his little daughter Dot (Turner), who has adored Jerry since meeting her in County Kerry. Separated from her father, afraid that her brother may be sent to prison for a crime he did not commit, and having few of the stuff of which happiness is made, Jerry learns about life. She eventually becomes an American girl and wife.
Cast
- Gladys Walton as "Jerry" O'Donnell
- Harry Myers as John Garland
- Doreen Turner as Dot Garland
- Florence D. Lee as Jerry's Aunt
- William Welsh as Dermott O'Donnell
- Don Bailey as Mulrooney
- Richard Henry Cummings as Father Quinn (credited as Dick Cummings)
- Margaret Campbell as Mrs. O'Donnell
- Ralph McCullough as Eugene O'Donnell
- Ethel Shannon as Katherine Vincent
- Harry Carter as Blakely Stone
- William Moran as Thomas Wilson
- Sally Russell as Katie McDougal
- Martha Mattox as Miss Murdock
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Top o' the Morning (1922 film)}}
- {{IMDb title|0013694|Top o' the Morning}}
{{Edward Laemmle}}
Category:1922 romantic drama films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:American films based on plays
Category:American silent feature films
Category:English-language romantic drama films
Category:Films directed by Edward Laemmle
Category:Lost American romantic drama films
Category:Silent American romantic drama films
Category:Universal Pictures films
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