''Away Goes Prudence'' is a 1920 American
silent comedy film
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produced by
Famous Players-Lasky
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and distributed by
Paramount Pictures. This picture was directed by
John S. Robertson and starred
Billie Burke
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North ...
. Screenwriter
Josephine Lovett provided a story direct for the screen. This is now considered a
lost
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History
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film.
The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''Away Goes Prudence''
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Cast
*Billie Burke
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North ...
as Prudence Thorne
*Percy Marmont
Percy Marmont (25 November 1883 – 3 March 1977) was an English film actor.
Biography
Marmont appeared in more than 80 films between 1916 and 1968. A veteran film actor by 1923, he scored a big hit that year in ''If Winter Comes'', later rem ...
as Hewitt Harland
*Maude Turner Gordon
Maude Turner Gordon (November 10, 1868 – January 12, 1940) was an American actress who appeared in 81 films between 1914 and 1938.
Biography
Born in Franklin, Indiana, Gordon was the daughter of Alexander and Nancy Wright Turner. She wa ...
as Aunt Prudence Thorne
* Charles Lane as Mr. Thorne
*Dorothy Walters
Dorothy Walters (1877-1934) was an American stage performer and film actress noted for her work in vaudeville, in Broadway productions for nearly 30 years, and in silent films between 1918 and the mid-1920s.
Early life and stage career
Walte ...
as Mrs. Ryan
* Bradley Barker as Michael Ryan
*M. W. Rale as Chinaman
*Albert Hackett
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Early years
Hackett was born in New York City, the s ...
as Jimmie Ryan
References
External links
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Still from the set with Billie Burke and Albert Hackett (on right) from the University of Washington, Sayre Collection
lobby cards formed to create one poster
1920 films
Films directed by John S. Robertson
American black-and-white films
Lost American films
American silent feature films
Famous Players-Lasky films
1920 comedy films
Silent American comedy films
1920 lost films
Lost comedy films
1920s American films
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