''What's Your Hurry?'' is a 1920 American silent
drama film produced by
Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...
. It was directed by
Sam Wood and stars
Wallace Reid
William Wallace Halleck Reid (April 15, 1891 – January 18, 1923) was an American actor in silent film, referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover". He also had a brief career as a racing driver.
Early life
Reid was born in St. Louis, M ...
and
Lois Wilson.
Plot
As described in a
film magazine, to win the favor of his sweetheart's father "Old Pat" MacMurran (Ogle), race car driver Dusty Rhoades (Reid) forsakes the speedway in determination to put over effective publicity for the father's product, Pakro motor trucks. A prospective order from Cabrillo Irrigation Company is an incentive to his effort. MacMurran fumbles his publicity plan to bring a giant
Christmas tree
A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen conifer, such as a spruce, pine or fir, or an artificial tree of similar appearance, associated with the celebration of Christmas. The custom was further developed in early modern ...
down from the mountains for the children of Los Angeles on a Pakro truck and goes soberly to the Cabrillo Valley to spend the holiday. Inability to get supplies to builders of the valley dam over the storm-driven roads threatens the lives and homes of valley residents. The day is saved by a truck driven by Dusty carrying the necessary supplies. There is a certainty of a wife for Dusty in Virginia MacMurran (Wilson) and a job at Pakro as the film ends.
Cast
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Wallace Reid
William Wallace Halleck Reid (April 15, 1891 – January 18, 1923) was an American actor in silent film, referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover". He also had a brief career as a racing driver.
Early life
Reid was born in St. Louis, M ...
as Dusty Rhoades
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Lois Wilson as Virginia MacMurran
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Charles Ogle as Patrick MacMurran
*
Clarence Burton as Brenton Harding
*Ernest Butterworth as The Office Boy
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*
Ernest Joy
*Jack Young
Preservation
A copy of ''What's Your Hurry?'' is maintained at
Gosfilmofond in Moscow.
The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''What's Your Hurry?''
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See also
* Wallace Reid filmography
References
External links
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Period advertisement showing Lois and Wally
1920 films
Films directed by Sam Wood
American silent feature films
Paramount Pictures films
1920 drama films
Silent American drama films
American black-and-white films
1920s American films
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