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Oh Mary Be Careful
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Arthur Ashley
Cast: Madge Kennedy [Mary Meacham], George Forth (George J. Forth) [Morgan Smith], George S. Stevens [Judge Adams], Bernard Thornton [Dick Lester], A. Drehle [Doctor Chase], Marguerite Marsh [Susie], Harry Fraser [Professor Putnam], Dixie Thompson [Luke], Mae Rogers [Nellie Burns], Kathleen McEchran [Kate Lester], Harry Myers [Bobby Burns], Marcia Harris [Myra Meacham], William Carr, Yolande Duquette, Alton Hamilton, Logan Paul, J. William Weston
Goldwyn Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Pioneer Film Corporation. / From an adaptation by George Weston of the novel Oh Mary Be Careful by George Weston. Technical assistant, Edward Brophy. Assistant director, Clarence Jay Elmer. Cinematography by William Fildew. Intertitles written by Rupert Hughes. / Released September 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in 1917, with exteriors taken in Savannah, Georgia, and interiors in Goldwyn’s Fort Lee, New Jersey, studio, and later acquired by Louis B. Mayer’s Pioneer Film Corporation for release.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [The Moving Picture World, 17 September 1921, page 321] Mary Meacham, the most popular girl in college, goes to live with her maiden aunt, Miss Myra. Auntie is a man-hater who has various theories for testing the desirable qualities of the male sex. Mary sees a dreary man-less time before her and sends an S.O.S. to various sisters and their brothers to visit her while Auntie is away. Then a tree surgeon comes on business and proves to be a most attractive young man. Mary tries Auntie’s theories plus some of her own. Complications ensue. When Auntie returns, Mary finds the surgeon is the man she wants.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 27 May 2024.
References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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