I'll Get Him Yet

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I'll Get Him Yet
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Film still of Gish and Barthelmess
Directed by Elmer Clifton
Leigh R. Smith (assistant)
Written byHarry Carr (screen story)
Produced byNew Art Film Company
Starring Dorothy Gish
Cinematography John Leezer
Lee Garmes
Distributed by Famous Players–Lasky
Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • May 18, 1919 (1919-05-18)
Running time
50 minutes; 5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

I'll Get Him Yet is a lost [1] [2] 1919 American silent comedy film starring Dorothy Gish and directed by Elmer Clifton. It was produced by D. W. Griffith under his production unit New Art Film. Paramount Pictures distributed the film. [3] [4]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, [5] Susy Faraday Jones (Gish), daughter of a wealthy and none too indulgent father, owns a railroad that runs to the seashore and, in order to improve the schedule, she cuts off the town of Rivera as a stop. Two young men in her employ, her general manager and superintendent, each attempt to make love to her, much to that bored young woman's disgust. She meets Scoop McCready (Barthelmess), a reporter, in whom she takes an unusual interest. Soon they are engaged, but when he asks her father Bradford Warrington Jones (Fawcett) for her hand and is peremptorily ordered out of the house, he decides he will have nothing further to do with the rich girl. Susy does not have an easy time winning back Scoop, but after she finally agrees to give up every penny of her fathers wealth they get married and settle down in Rivera. The arrival at their cottage of her lawyer and two railroad officials causes unexpected complications with amusing attempts by her to hide the men in closets and under sofas until she finally explains their presence to her jealous husband.

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References

  1. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: I'll Get Him Yet
  2. I'll Get Him Yet at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted(Wayback Machine)
  3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: I'll Get Him Yet
  4. Progressive Silent Film List: I'll Get Him Yet at silentera.com
  5. "Reviews: I'll Get Him Yet". Exhibitors Herald. 8 (25). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 52. June 14, 1919.