Trouble (1922 film) explained

Trouble
Director:Albert Austin
Producer:Sol Lesser
Jack Coogan Sr.
Starring:Jackie Coogan
Wallace Beery
Gloria Hope
Cinematography:Glen MacWilliams
Robert Martin
Editing:Irene Morra
Distributor:Associated First National Pictures
Runtime:5 reels
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

Trouble is a 1922 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Albert Austin and written by Max Abramson. The film stars Jackie Coogan, Wallace Beery, and Gloria Hope. The film was released on August 7, 1922, by Associated First National Pictures.[1] [2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[3] Danny (Coogan) is a kid at a private orphanage where he is beset with much grief in his attempts to prevent the sending away of his pet dog. The orphanage is to be abandoned and its little charges are offered for adoption. Danny finds a new home but it is far from an ideal home. The wife-beating husband Ed Lee (Beery) is finally put where he can work off his excess energy on a rock pile, while Danny, his foster mother (Hope), and her parents repair to an old farmhouse in the country where all is well.

Cast

Preservation

Prints of Trouble exists at Gosfilmofond in Russia and EYE Film Institute Netherlands.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: Trouble. silentera.com.
  2. Web site: Trouble. afi.com. October 13, 2017.
  3. Reviews: Trouble . Exhibitors Herald . 14 . 23 . 51 . Exhibitors Herald Company . New York City . June 3, 1922 .
  4. http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1571/default.html American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Trouble