''Risky Business'' is a 1926 silent film comedy romance directed by
Alan Hale and starring Vera Reynolds,
Ethel Clayton
Ethel Clayton (November 8, 1882 – June 6, 1966) was an American actress of the silent film era.
Early years
Born in Champaign, Illinois, Clayton attended St. Elizabeth's school in Chicago.
Career
Clayton debuted on stage as a professional ...
and
Zasu Pitts
Zasu Pitts (; January 3, 1894 – June 7, 1963) was an American actress who starred in many silent dramas, including Erich von Stroheim's epic 1924 silent film ''Greed'', and comedies, transitioning successfully to mostly comedy films with the ...
. It was produced by
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American film director, producer and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cinem ...
's Producers Distributing Corporation.
Prints are preserved of the film and it is available on the DVD home video.
The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''Risky Business''
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Cast
*Vera Reynolds
Vera Reynolds (born Vera Nancy Reynolds; November 25, 1899 – April 22, 1962) was an American film actress.
Early life and career
Born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1899, Reynolds first worked in films at age 12. She began as a dancer, worke ...
- Cecily Stoughton
*Ethel Clayton
Ethel Clayton (November 8, 1882 – June 6, 1966) was an American actress of the silent film era.
Early years
Born in Champaign, Illinois, Clayton attended St. Elizabeth's school in Chicago.
Career
Clayton debuted on stage as a professional ...
- Mrs. Stoughton
*Kenneth Thomson
Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet (September 1, 1923 – June 12, 2006), known in Canada as Ken Thomson, was a Canadian/British businessman and art collector. At the time of his death, he was listed by ''Forbes'' as the richest per ...
- Ted Pyncheon, M.D.
*Ward Crane
Ward Crane (May 18, 1890 – July 21, 1928) was an American silent film actor popular in comedies and dramas. Out of dozens of films, he is remembered as the handsome heavy to Buster Keaton's hero in ''Sherlock Jr.'' (1924).
Crane died aged ...
- Richard Coults-Browne
*Louis Natheaux
Louis Natheaux (born ''Louis F. Natho''; December 10, 1894 – August 23, 1942) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than eighty films between 1919 and 1942.
Born in Danville, Illinois, Natheaux performed in vaudeville and in a C ...
- Lawrence Wheaton
*Zasu Pitts
Zasu Pitts (; January 3, 1894 – June 7, 1963) was an American actress who starred in many silent dramas, including Erich von Stroheim's epic 1924 silent film ''Greed'', and comedies, transitioning successfully to mostly comedy films with the ...
- Agnes Wheaton
*Dorothy Brock - Sally, the Cream of Wheatons
* George Irving -Schubal Peabody
*Louise Cabo - Hefty Helga
References
External links
Risky Business at IMDb.com
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1926 films
American silent feature films
Films directed by Alan Hale
American black-and-white films
Producers Distributing Corporation films
1926 romantic comedy films
American romantic comedy films
1920s American films
Silent romantic comedy films
Silent American comedy films
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