Top o' the Morning (1922 film)

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Top o' the Morning
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Directed by Edward Laemmle
Written by George Randolph Chester
Wallace Clifton
Based onTop o' the Mornin
by Anne Caldwell
Produced by Carl Laemmle
Cinematography Charles J. Stumar
Distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Release date
  • September 4, 1922 (1922-09-04)
Running time
50 minutes; 5 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
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Top o' the Morning is a lost [1] [2] 1922 silent romantic drama film directed by Edward Laemmle and starring Gladys Walton. It was produced and distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company. [3]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine, [4] Geraldine "Jerry" O'Donnell (Walton), a winsome Irish colleen, is happy at the thought that she will soon visit her father and brother in America, but once there she finds her stepmother making her life unbearable, and she decides to run away. After leaving a farewell note to her father, she accidentally meets young American banker John Garland (Myers), who remembers her from the previous summer as a lass of Old Ireland. Learning of her plight, he offers to take her into his home as a governess to his little daughter Dot (Turner), who has adored Jerry since meeting her in County Kerry. Separated from her father, afraid that her brother may be sent to prison for a crime he did not commit, and having few of the stuff of which happiness is made, Jerry learns about life. She eventually becomes an American girl and wife.

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References

  1. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Top o' the Morning
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: Top o' the Morning at silentera.com
  3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Top o' the Morning
  4. "How to Put Over Gladys Walton in Top o' the Morning". Universal Weekly. 16 (2). New York City, New York: Moving Picture Weekly Pub. Co.: 25 August 26, 1922.