''Say It with Sables'' is a 1928 silent drama film directed by
Frank Capra and produced by
Harry Cohn for
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production studio that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, which is one of the Big Five studios and a subsidiary of the mu ...
. Columbia no longer has a negative or print of this film, so the film is considered a
lost film
A lost film is a feature
Feature may refer to:
Computing
* Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch
* Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob
* Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing char ...
. Various film festivals have run a surviving trailer for the film during retrospectives of Capra's work.
Plot
Doug Caswell (Arthur Rankin) falls for Irene Gordon (Margaret Livingston). Irene happens to be the mistress of his wealthy father, John Caswell (Francis X. Bushman), and it's up to Doug's stepmother, Helen (Helene Chadwick), to put things right.
Cast
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Francis X. Bushman as John Caswell
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Helene Chadwick
Helene Chadwick (November 25, 1897 – September 4, 1940) was an American actress in silent and in early sound films.
Early life and career
Chadwick was born in the small town of Chadwicks, New York, which was named for her great-grandfather ...
as Helen Caswell
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Margaret Livingston
Margaret Livingston (born Marguerite Livingston; November 25, 1895 – December 13, 1984), sometimes credited as Marguerite Livingstone or Margaret Livingstone, was an American film actress and businesswoman during the silent film era. She is ...
as Irene Gordon
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Arthur Rankin as Doug Caswell
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Alphonse Ethier as Mitchell (as Alphonz Ethier)
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Edna Mae Cooper
Edna Mae Cooper (July 19, 1900 – June 27, 1986) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 79 films between 1911 and 1927.
Early life
On July 19, 1900, Cooper was born in Baltimore, Maryland.
Career
Cooper is known f ...
as Maid
See also
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List of lost films
References
External links
''Say It With Sables'' at IMDB
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1928 films
American black-and-white films
Columbia Pictures films
1928 drama films
Films directed by Frank Capra
American silent feature films
Lost American films
Silent American drama films
1928 lost films
Lost drama films
1920s American films
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