''Oh, Boy!'' is a 1919, American silent

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Albert Capellani Albert Capellani (23 August 1874 – 26 September 1931) was a French film director and screenwriter of the silent film, silent era. He directed films between 1905 and 1922. One of his brothers was the actor-sculptor Paul Capellani, and anoth ...

and starring

June Caprice June Caprice, born Helen Elizabeth Lawson, November 19, 1895 – November 9, 1936, was an American silent film actress. Early life and career Born Helen Elizabeth Lawson in Arlington, Massachusetts, Caprice was educated in Boston. She began h ...

Creighton Hale Creighton Hale (born Patrick Wills Fitzgerald; May 24, 1882 – August 9, 1965) was an Irish-American theatre, film, and television actor whose career extended more than a half-century, from the early 1900s to the end of the 1950s. Career Hale ...

, and Zena Keefe. It was based on the stage musical of the same name written by

Guy Bolton Guy Reginald Bolton (23 November 1884 – 4 September 1979) was an Anglo-American playwright and writer of musical theatre, musical comedies. Born in England and educated in France and the US, he trained as an architect but turned to writing. B ...

and

P. G. Wodehouse Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse ( ; 15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century. His creations include the feather-brained Bertie Wooster and his sagacious valet, Je ...

. The neologism "filmusical comedy" was branded for the film. The Jerome Kern Encyclopedia notes: "A talkie version was never made, and surprisingly , the musical has never received a Broadway revival ...".

Cast

as Lou Ellen Carter *

as George Budd * Zena Keefe as Jackie Sampson *

Flora Finch Flora Finch (17 June 1867 – 4 January 1940) was an English-born vaudevillian, stage and film actress who starred in over 300 silent films, including over 200 for the Vitagraph Studios film company. The vast majority of her films from the sile ...

as Miss Penelope Budd * William H. Thompson as Judge Daniel Carter * Grace Reals as Mrs. Carter * Joseph Conyers as Constable Simms * J.K. Murray as Dean of Richguys College * Maurice 'Lefty' Flynn as Lefty Flynn *

as Orchestra leader *

Ben Taggart Ben Taggart (April 5, 1889 – May 17, 1947) was an American actor. Taggart's stage experience began in Seattle, and he went on to play leading roles in Washington, Portland, San Francisco, Trenton, Milwaukee, and Philadelphia. He was described ...

as Charles Hartley

References

Bibliography

* Brian Taves. ''P.G. Wodehouse and Hollywood: Screenwriting, Satires and Adaptations''. McFarland, 2006.

External links

* 1919 films 1919 comedy films Silent American comedy films Films directed by Albert Capellani American silent feature films 1910s English-language films American black-and-white films Pathé Exchange films 1910s American films English-language comedy films {{1910s-comedy-film-stub