Saturday Night

1922

1h 30m

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5.8/10

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Romance

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Though betrothed to fellow socialite Richard, Iris weds her chauffeur Tom leaving Richard to marry the family laundress' daughter Shamrock. Class differences lead to divorces and remarriages.

Directors

Cecil B. DeMille

Writers

Jeanie Macpherson(writer by)

Stars

Leatrice Joy

Conrad Nagel

Edith Roberts

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Top cast

Iris Van Suydam

Richard Prentiss

Shamrock O'Day

Tom McGuire

Elsie Prentiss

Mrs. Prentiss

Uncle

Mrs. O'Day

The Count Demitry Scardoff

James Neill

Tompkins - the Butler

The Professor

Mrs. Ferguson

Party Guest

Bill - the Plumber

Bill's Blonde Girlfriend

Lucien Littlefield

Uncle Van's Secretary

Ethel Wales

Party Guest

Bruce Guerin

Child

Directors

Cecil B. DeMille

Writers

Jeanie Macpherson(writer by)

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This is a quite an entertaining little comic romance with two bored, wealthy, people who have little else to day all day other than get up, bathe, dress, eat, dress, eat then go back to bed again. Though not officially affianced, "Iris" (Leatrice Joy) and "Richard" (Conrad Nagel) are certainly expected to get married by their peers. Shock horror when she marries her chauffeur and he the daughter of a laundress. Imagine the scandal! That's where the comedy comes in - the sheer effrontery of their behaviour causes conniptions amongst their families and friends and takes a cracking great swipe at predetermined elements of social class and happiness. Julia Faye is quite good as Nagel's rather malevolent sister "Elsie", as is Edith Roberts as his hard-working wife "Shamrock". It's short, with some quite lengthy - but still pithy - inter-titles that maybe over-narrate the story at times, but De Mille doesn't stop for breath from the start to the finish and presents us with an enjoyable, borderline farce, that I rather enjoyed.

Geronimo196706 Jun, 2022