Waking Up the Town
{{short description|1925 film}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Waking Up the Town
| image = Waking Up the Town (1925) - 1.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Advertisement
| director = James Cruze
| producer =
| story = Frank Condon
James Cruze
| starring = Jack Pickford
Claire McDowell
Alec B. Francis
Norma Shearer
Herbert Prior
| music =
| cinematography = Arthur Edeson
Paul P. Perry
| editing =
| studio = Mary Pickford Company
| distributor = United Artists
| released = {{Film date|1925|4|14}}
| runtime = 63 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Waking Up the Town is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze and written by Frank Condon and James Cruze. The film stars Jack Pickford, Claire McDowell, Alec B. Francis, Norma Shearer, and Herbert Prior. The film was released on April 14, 1925, by United Artists.{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/505145/waking-up-the-town|title=Waking Up the Town (1925) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=October 5, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9802E3D61038E233A25752C3A9659C946495D6CF|title=Movie Review - Smouldering Fires (1925) THE SCREEN|work=The New York Times|accessdate=October 5, 2014}}[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=13056 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Waking Up the Town]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,{{Citation |title=New Pictures: Waking Up the Town |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=21 |issue=5 |pages=54 |date=25 April 1925 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald21unse/page/n585/mode/1up |access-date=23 January 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} a garage employee in a small town has an inventive mind, and tries to interest a banker in a project to harness waterfalls for energy. He becomes discouraged. Through the kind assistance of the garage owner, he puts his idea over, and wakes up the town. He has a romance with the granddaughter of his benefactor.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Jack Pickford as Jack Joyce
- Claire McDowell as Mrs. Joyce
- Alec B. Francis as Abner Hope
- Norma Shearer as Mary Ellen Hope
- Herbert Prior as Curt Horndyke
- Ann May as Helen Horndyke
- George Dromgold as Joe Lakin
- Jack Edwards as Little Boy (uncredited)
}}
Preservation
The film is preserved in the Library of Congress Collection.Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 203 c. 1978 by The American Film Institute[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2327/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Waking Up the Town]
References
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External links
{{commons category|Waking Up the Town}}
- {{IMDb title|0016497|Waking Up the Town}}
- {{Internet Archive film|WakingUpTheTownForYT|Waking Up the Town}}
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Films directed by James Cruze
Category:Silent American comedy films
Category:English-language comedy films
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