That Certain Thing (film) explained

That Certain Thing
Director:Frank Capra
Producer:Harry Cohn
Frank Capra
Starring:Viola Dana
Ralph Graves
Burr McIntosh
Aggie Herring
Cinematography:Joseph Walker
Editing:Arthur Roberts
Studio:Columbia Pictures
Distributor:Columbia Pictures
Runtime:69 minutes
Country:United States

That Certain Thing is a 1928 silent film comedy directed by Frank Capra. It was Capra's first film for Harry Cohn's Columbia Pictures.[1]

Plot

Molly Kelly (Viola Dana) intends to marry a millionaire. When she meets Andy Charles, Jr. (Ralph Graves), heir to a restaurant fortune, she sees her chance and marries him. Upon discovering the marriage, Andy's father (Burr McIntosh) becomes irate and disinherits his son. Andy attempts life as a ditch-digger to support his wife, but the results are not what he had hoped for.

Cast

Preservation status

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=12605 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..That Certain Thing
  2. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress (<-book title) p.181 c.1978 the American Film Institute
  3. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.885/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..That Certain Thing