Getting Mary Married
About Getting Mary Married
Mary Bussard's stepfather leaves her a fortune only if she stays unmarried and lives for a year with his brother Amos. If she fails, Amos gets the money, and he has been waiting for it. He sets out to break the condition. Bachelor James Winthrop arrives, and the year gets harder to finish single.
Cast & crew
More about Getting Mary Married
Allan Dwan directed. John Emerson wrote the script. Select Pictures distributed it. Henry Lyman Broening photographed the 65-minute silent. It was Marion Davies's fifth film, her first light comedy, and her first film with Dwan.
Themes
Background
A 1919 Cosmopolitan comedy built on a will that pays a niece to stay single for a year.
Making
Dwan's first comedy with Davies. He remembered the stammer disappearing as soon as they shot.
Reviews
Variety reviewed it as Marion Davies's best picture up to that point.
Look
Henry Lyman Broening photographed the silent comedy.
Preservation
Wikipedia calls it the earliest surviving Marion Davies film. A print is in the Library of Congress.
Notes
- Marion Davies plays Mary Bussard. Norman Kerry plays James Winthrop. Matt Moore plays Ted Barnacle.
- Frederick Burton plays Amos Bussard. Amelia Summerville plays Mrs. Bussard. Elmer Grandin plays John Bussard.
- Variety called it Davies's best film to date.
- Dwan later said Davies stuttered off camera and was steady once the camera turned.
- Edward Lorusso issued a DVD through Grapevine Video.
Scenes
- The will is read: a year with Amos, and no husband, or the fortune goes to him.
- James Winthrop meets Mary while Amos is trying to trip the condition.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-getting-mary-married)
- Grapevine Video DVD (Edward Lorusso)
