What Shall I Do?

What Shall I Do?
What Shall I Do?
Directed by	John G. Adolfi
Written by	Frank E. Woods
Starring	Dorothy Mackaill ; John Harron ; Louise Dresser
Cinematography	Joseph Walker
Distributed by	W. W. Hodkinson Corporation
Release date	May 11, 1924;
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated April 21, 2025

What Shall I Do? is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Dorothy Mackaill, John Harron, and Louise Dresser.^[1]

Synopsis

After an accident, a man suffers from amnesia and leaves his wife and child to return to his old life.

Cast

Dorothy Mackaill as Jeanie Andrews
John Harron as Jack Nelson
Louise Dresser as Mrs. McLean
William V. Mong as Henry McLean
Betty Morrissey as Dolly McLean
Ann May as Mary Conway
Ralph McCullough as Tom Conway
Joan Standing as Lizzie
Tom O'Brien as Big Jim Brown

Preservation

With no copies of What Shall I Do? located in any film archives,^[2] it is a lost film.

References

Bibliography

Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

What Shall I Do? at IMDb

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[1] Munden p. 881

[2] Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: What Shall I Do?

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