''The Smart Sex'' is a 1921 American silent

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

Fred LeRoy Granville Fred LeRoy Granville was born in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, in 1896,1917 Motion Picture News Studio Directory and educated in New Zealand. The 1 February 1922, issue of ''American Cinematographer'' stated that he was "a bloody Britisher ...

and starring

Eva Novak Eva Barbara Novak (February 14, 1898 – April 17, 1988) was an American film actress, who was quite popular during the silent film era. Biography On February 14, 1898, Eva Barbara Novak was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Joseph Jerome No ...

, Frank Braidwood and

Margaret Mann Margaret Mann (4 April 1868, in Aberdeen, Scotland – 4 February 1941, in Los Angeles, California), was a Scottish-American actress. Biography Margaret Mann starred in a number of major silent films such as '' Black Beauty'' in 1921 and play ...

.Munden p.734

Cast

as Rose * Frank Braidwood as Guy *

Geoffrey Webb Geoffrey Fairbank Webb CBE (9 May 1898 – 17 July 1970) was a British art historian, Slade Professor of Fine Art and head of the Monuments and Fine Arts section of the Allied Control Commission during World War II. Early life Webb was born in ...

as Fred * Mayre Hall as Edith * C. Norman Hammond as Mr. Vaughn * Dorothy Hagan as Mrs. Vaughn *

Calvert Carter Calvert may refer to: People * Calvert (name), about the name, including a list of people who bear it * Calvert family, an English noble family Places Australia * Calvert Range, Western Australia * Calvert River, Northern Territory Canada ...

as Mr. Haskins *

as Mrs. Haskins * Jim O'Neill as Danny * Evelyn McCoy as Dorothy

References

Bibliography

* Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1921 films 1921 comedy films 1920s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films Films directed by Fred LeRoy Granville American black-and-white films Universal Pictures films 1920s American films {{1920s-US-film-stub