Hands Up! (1926 film)
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| Hands Up! | |
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 Contemporary pamphlet for the film | |
| Directed by | Clarence G. Badger |
| Written by | Monte Brice Lloyd Corrigan |
| Story by | Reggie Morris |
| Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky Adolph Zukor |
| Starring | Raymond Griffith Virginia Lee Corbin Charles K. French Marian Nixon |
| Cinematography | H. Kinley Martin |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Hands Up! is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence Badger, co-written by Monte Brice and Lloyd Corrigan, and starring Raymond Griffith, one of the great silent movie comedians. The film features fictional incidents involving actual historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln, Brigham Young, and Sitting Bull.
Plot
[edit]As described in a film magazine review,[1] during the Civil War, Jack, an officer and spy for Confederate States Army, attempts to secure a Union gold mine that had been discovered by Allan Pinkerton for Abraham Lincoln, and keep a load of gold from reaching the Union Army. He tries to blow up the mine but exposes a richer vein of gold. He is caught and about to be hanged when he is saved by two daughters of the mine owner. Jack grabs two guns and successfully holds up the gang when word arrives that the war has been declared over. Jack then follows Brigham Young's example and starts for Salt Lake City so that he can marry both daughters. Along the way, while engaging in lovemaking with the young women, the stage coach is shot full of arrows, which he describes as "bee stings."
Cast
[edit]- George A. Billings as Abraham Lincoln
- Virginia Lee Corbin as Alice Woodstock
- Charles K. French as Brigham Young
- Raymond Griffith as Jack, a Confederate Spy
- Noble Johnson as Sitting Bull
- Montagu Love as Capt. Edward Logan
- Marian Nixon as Mae, the Girl He Loves
- Mack Swain as Silas Woodstock
- Jim Blackwell as Servant who knows Jack (uncredited)
Preservation
[edit]In 2005, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2][3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Campbell, William (January 16, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: Hands Up!", Motion Picture News, 33 (3), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 300, retrieved January 12, 2023
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
External links
[edit]Media related to Hands Up! (1926 film) at Wikimedia Commons
The full text of Hands Up! (film) at Wikisource
- Hands Up! essay by Steve Massa on the National Film Registry web site
- Hands Up! essay by Daniel Eagan in Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 ISBN 0826429777, pages 111-112
- Hands Up! at IMDb
- Progressive Silent Film List: Hands Up! at silentera.com
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