Going the Limit (1926 film)

Going the Limit
Directed by	Chester Withey
Written by	Arthur Ebenhack
Produced by	Joseph P. Kennedy
Starring	George O'Hara Sally Long Brooks Benedict
Cinematography	André Barlatier
Production company	Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America Ideal Films (UK)
Release date	September 12, 1926 (1926-09-12)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Going the Limit is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Chester Withey and starring George O'Hara, Sally Long and Brooks Benedict. ^{[1] [2]} It is loosely inspired by the plot of George Barr McCutcheon's Brewster's Millions , also featuring a central character who is trying to lose money.

Synopsis

Gordon Emery hopes to marry the wealthy Estelle Summers but is ashamed of his own lack of money. He then hears that he is the sole heir of a fortune of two million dollars from his uncle. Estelle refuses to marry him, however, unless he loses all of it. Convinced that the best way to do this will be to get arrested and compel his uncle to disinherit him, he tries a to get arrested in a variety of ways but keeps failing to do so and is even commended for preventing a bank robbery.

Cast

• George O'Hara as Gordon Emery
• Sally Long as Estelle Summers
• Brooks Benedict as George Stanways
• Tom Ricketts as Mortimer Harden
• Murdock MacQuarrie as Simson Windsor

References

1. Munden p.300
2. Connelly p.354

Bibliography

• Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• Going the Limit at IMDb