Smooth as Satin

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Smooth as Satin
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Directed by Ralph Ince
Written by Fred Myton
Bayard Veiller (play)
Starring Evelyn Brent
CinematographySilvano Balboni
Production
company
Distributed by Film Booking Offices of America (FBO)
Release date
  • June 14, 1925 (1925-06-14)
Running time
60 minutes; 6 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Smooth as Satin is a 1925 American silent drama film based upon the stage play, The Chatterbox, by Bayard Veiller. It was directed by Ralph Ince and stars Evelyn Brent. [1] [2] The film was remade in 1930, entitled Alias French Gertie .

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [3] Gertie Jones, known as the "perfect maid," finds herself unable to open her mistress' safe and finds Jimmy Hartigan is also in the house after the necklace. Police enter and Hartigan prevents the young woman from being arrested by sacrificing his own freedom. While in the penitentiary he marries Gertie. They decide to take the loot they have and invest it in business, but their friends scam them. To get their money back, they hold up the couple on the road. They are caught by the police, but are saved by Chicago Red, who has something on the detective. Gertie and Jimmy decide to return to the straight and narrow.

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Preservation

With no prints of Smooth as Satin located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.

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References

  1. ↑ "Silent Era: Smooth as Satin". silentera.com. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
  2. ↑ Kear, Lynn (2009). Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook . p.  144. ISBN   978-0-7864-4363-5.
  3. ↑ "New Pictures: Speed", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (13): 50, June 20, 1925, retrieved April 9, 2022PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ "Smooth as Satin". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.


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