Trouble (1922 film)

Trouble
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Directed by	Albert Austin
Written by	Max Abramson
Produced by	Sol Lesser Jack Coogan Sr.
Starring	Jackie Coogan Wallace Beery Gloria Hope
Cinematography	Glen MacWilliams Robert Martin
Edited by	Irene Morra
Distributed by	Associated First National Pictures
Release date	August 7, 1922 (1922-08-07)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Dome Theatre in Ocean Park, Santa Monica in 1922, showing Trouble.

Trouble is a 1922 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Albert Austin and written by Max Abramson. The film stars Jackie Coogan, Wallace Beery, and Gloria Hope. The film was released on August 7, 1922, by Associated First National Pictures. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

As described in a film magazine, ^[3] Danny (Coogan) is a kid at a private orphanage where he is beset with much grief in his attempts to prevent the sending away of his pet dog. The orphanage is to be abandoned and its little charges are offered for adoption. Danny finds a new home but it is far from an ideal home. The wife-beating husband Ed Lee (Beery) is finally put where he can work off his excess energy on a rock pile, while Danny, his foster mother (Hope), and her parents repair to an old farmhouse in the country where all is well.

Cast

• Jackie Coogan as Danny, the Kid
• Wallace Beery as Ed Lee, the Plumber
• Gloria Hope as Mrs. Lee, the Plumber's Wife
• Queenie the Dog as herself
• Valentine Black as Girl (uncredited)
• Tom Wilson (uncredited)

Preservation

Prints of Trouble exists at Gosfilmofond in Russia and EYE Film Institute Netherlands. ^[4]

References

1. "Progressive Silent Film List: Trouble". silentera.com.
2. "Trouble". afi.com. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
3. "Reviews: Trouble". Exhibitors Herald. 14 (23). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 51. June 3, 1922.
4. American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Trouble

External links

• Trouble at IMDb