The Egg Crate Wallop

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The Egg Crate Wallop
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Directed by Jerome Storm
Written by Julien Josephson
Produced by Thomas H. Ince
Starring Charles Ray
Colleen Moore
Jack Connolly
J. P. Lockney
George B. Williams
Frederick Moore
Otto Hoffman
Cinematography Ted D. McCord (as T. D. McCord)
Edited byEdwin Robbins
Production
company
Thomas H. Ince Productions
Distributed by Famous Players–Lasky / Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • September 28, 1919 (1919-09-28)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Egg Crate Wallop is a 1919 American silent comedy film starring Charles Ray and featuring actress Colleen Moore. The film was directed by Jerome Storm and Thomas H. Ince was its producer.

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Plot

Jim Kelly (Charles Ray) works for a railroad express company in a small Midwest town. After years of heavy lifting, he has developed quite a punch. He is infatuated with Kitty Haskell (Colleen Moore), the daughter of his boss (J.P. Lockner), whom he has worked with for years. Jim has a rival for Kitty's attentions, a city boy who one day watches Mr. Haskell deposit money in the railroad safe. He memorized the combination and later steals the deposit from the safe. Suspicion for the theft falls on both Mr. Haskell and Jim, and Jim decides to go on the run, thinking that Mr. Haskell is guilty and hoping to divert attention from him. He goes to the city, develops his boxing skills, moves to the top of the roster and on the night of the big fight he refuses to throw the bout. He discovers his rival with some of the missing cash, and turns him in... freeing Mr. Haskell and winning the love of Kitty.

Cast

Production

Jerome Storm had directed many of Charles Ray's films, most with an athletic theme. Besides this film with Ray as a boxer, he would star in The Busher with Colleen, wherein he was a baseball player. A number of real boxers were brought in to spar with Ray, and were filmed as characters.

Preservation status

The film is listed FIAF / Library of Congress database as being preserved in the Gosfilmofond collection in Russia. [1]

References

  1. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Egg Crate Wallop
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