Going Up is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Douglas MacLean, Hallam Cooley and Marjorie Daw.[1] It was based on a 1917 comedy Broadway play The Aviator.
Plot
The author of a series of bestselling novels about aviation has falsely gained a reputation as an expert pilot, despite having a phobia of planes and no real experience. However, when he is challenged by a genuine expert to a race with a rival in love, he accepts and triumphs.
Cast
- Douglas MacLean as Robert Street
- Hallam Cooley as Hopkinson Brown
- Arthur Stuart Hull as James Brooks
- Francis McDonald as Jules Gaillard
- Hughie Mack as Sam Robinson
- Wade Boteler as John Gordon
- John Steppling as William Douglas
- Mervyn LeRoy as The Bellboy
- Marjorie Daw as Grace Douglas
- Edna Murphy as Madeline Manners
- Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Douglas
Preservation
With no prints of Going Up located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[2]
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
Media related to Going Up (1923 film) at Wikimedia Commons