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1924 silent film

Leave It to Gerry
Still with Billie Rhodes
Directed by	Arvid E. Gillstrom
Written by	Adam Shirk
Starring	Billie Rhodes William Collier Jr. Claire McDowell
Production company	Ben Wilson Productions
Distributed by	Grand-Asher Distributing Corporation
Release date	January 30, 1924 (1924-01-30)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Leave It to Gerry is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom and starring Billie Rhodes, William Collier Jr., and Claire McDowell.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Geraldine Brent, known as Gerry, goes to Chicago to be educated at her rich aunt's expense. The land on which her mother's house stands is mortgaged but has oil on it, and Colonel Pettijohn conspires to obtain possession of it. The mortgage is foreclosed and Mrs. Brent is taken to the workhouse. Gerry meets former boy acquaintance Dan Forbes and becomes his sweetheart. They ride to the workhouse and rescue Mrs. Brent. Colonel Pettijohn's schemes are defeated and Mrs. Brent regains her property.

Cast

Billie Rhodes as Geraldine Brent
William Collier Jr. as Dan Forbes
Claire McDowell as Mrs. Brent
Kate Lester as Mrs. Turner-Prescott
Joseph W. Girard as Colonel Pettijohn
Allan Cavan as Mr. Burton
Billy Lord as Little Girl

Preservation

With no prints of Leave It to Gerry located in any film archives, it is a lost film.

References

Connelly p. 374
Pardy, George T. (29 March 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Leave It to Gerry". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 24. Retrieved 24 October 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Leave It to Gerry

Bibliography

Robert B. Connelly. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.

External links

Leave It to Gerry at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom
Their Social Splash (1915) Back Stage (1917) The Hero (1917) Dough Nuts (1917) The Villain (1917) The Millionaire (1917) The Chief Cook (1917) The Hobo (1917) The Pest (1917) The Stranger (1918) The Rogue (1918) His Day Out (1918) The Orderly (1918) The Scholar (1918) The Messenger (1918) Swat the Spy (1918) Tell It to the Marines (1918) Smiles (1919) Leave It to Gerry (1924) Legionnaires in Paris (1927) Please (1933) Just an Echo (1934)

Films directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom

Their Social Splash (1915)
Back Stage (1917)
The Hero (1917)
Dough Nuts (1917)
The Villain (1917)
The Millionaire (1917)
The Chief Cook (1917)
The Hobo (1917)
The Pest (1917)
The Stranger (1918)
The Rogue (1918)
His Day Out (1918)
The Orderly (1918)
The Scholar (1918)
The Messenger (1918)
Swat the Spy (1918)
Tell It to the Marines (1918)
Smiles (1919)
Leave It to Gerry (1924)
Legionnaires in Paris (1927)
Please (1933)
Just an Echo (1934)

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