Taking Chances (1922 film) explained

Taking Chances is a 1922 American silent film.^{[1] [2]} A showing in Cleveland Heights was interrupted by police for violating Blue Laws prohibiting Sunday (Sabbath) entertainment showings and performances. Arrests were made.^[3]

Plot

A book salesman (Talmadge) talks his way into a position as secretary to a millionaire capitalist (Challenger) and eventually wins the hand of the mans daughter (Gray) by foiling a plot against her father's wealth and punishing one of the plotters (Dewey).^[4]

Production

The film was produced by Phil Goldstone Productions, with Grover Jones as the director and Harry Fowler as the cinematographer.^[5]

Cast

• Richard Talmadge as himself
• Zella Gray as Mildred Arlington
• Elmer Dewey as José Borquez
• Percy Challenger as James Arlington

Notes and References

1. Book: George A. Katchmer. Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known. 1991. McFarland. 978-0-89950-494-0. 923.
2. Web site: Taking Chances. www.tcm.com.
3. Web site: Police Raid, 1922. Cleveland Historical.
4. Moving Picture World, 18 Feb 1922, p. 756
5. Web site: AFI|Catalog. catalog.afi.com.