''Clear the Decks'' is a 1929 American

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Joseph Henabery Joseph Henabery (January 15, 1888 – February 18, 1976) of Omaha, Nebraska, was a film actor, screenplay writer, and director in the United States. He is best known for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln in D.W. Griffith's controversial 1915 sil ...

and written by

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, Gladys Lehman,

Albert DeMond Albert DeMond (May 7, 1901 – February 20, 1973) was an American screenwriter.Martin p. 470 Selected filmography * ''His Foreign Wife'' (1927) * ''On Your Toes'' (1927) * ''The Fourflusher'' (1928) * '' Phyllis of the Follies'' (1928) * '' How ...

and Charles Henry Smith. It is based on the 1926 novel ''When the Devil Was Sick'' by

E.J. Rath E.J. Rath is the pseudonym of writer Edith Rathbone Jacobs Brainerd (1885 – January 28, 1922) who was assisted with many of her writing projects by her husband Chauncey Corey Brainerd (April 16, 1874 – January 28, 1922), a Washington D.C. ...

. The film stars Reginald Denny, Olive Hasbrouck, Otis Harlan,

Lucien Littlefield Lucien Littlefield (August 16, 1895 – June 4, 1960) was an American actor who achieved a long career from silent films to the television era. He was noted for his versatility, playing a wide range of roles and already portraying old men befor ...

, Collette Merton and Robert Anderson. The film was released on March 3, 1929, by

Universal Pictures Universal Pictures (legally Universal City Studios LLC, also known as Universal Studios, or simply Universal; common metonym: Uni, and formerly named Universal Film Manufacturing Company and Universal-International Pictures Inc.) is an Ameri ...

Cast

* Reginald Denny as Jack Armitage * Olive Hasbrouck as Miss Bronson * Otis Harlan as Pussyfoot *

as Plinge *Collette Merton as Blondie * Robert Anderson as Mate *Elinor Leslie as Aunt * Brooks Benedict as Trumbull

References

External links

* 1929 films 1920s English-language films American comedy films 1929 comedy films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Joseph Henabery American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-US-film-stub