Taking Chances (1922 film)

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Taking Chances is a 1922 American silent film. [1] [2] A showing in Cleveland Heights was interrupted by police for violating Blue Laws prohibiting Sunday (Sabbath) entertainment showings and performances. Arrests were made. [3]

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Plot

A book salesman (Talmadge) talks his way into a position as secretary to a millionaire capitalist (Challenger) and eventually wins the hand of the mans daughter (Gray) by foiling a plot against her father's wealth and punishing one of the plotters (Dewey). [4]

Production

The film was produced by Phil Goldstone Productions, with Grover Jones as the director and Harry M. Fowler as the cinematographer. [5]

Cast

References

  1. George A. Katchmer (1991). Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known. McFarland. p. 923. ISBN   978-0-89950-494-0.
  2. "Taking Chances". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on November 3, 2023.
  3. "Police Raid, 1922". Cleveland Historical.
  4. Moving Picture World, 18 Feb 1922, p. 756
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.