''Oh, Lady, Lady'' is a lost 1920 American silent comedy romance film directed by Major Maurice Campbell and starring

Bebe Daniels Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" () Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer. She began her career in Hollywood during the silent film era as a child actress, became a star in musicals s ...

. It is based on a popular 1918 Broadway stage musical, '' Oh, Lady! Lady!!'' Maurice Campbell was the husband of actress

Henrietta Crosman Henrietta Foster Crosman (September 2, 1861 – October 31, 1944) was an American stage and film actress. Early years Crosman was born in Wheeling, West Virginia, Wheeling, Virginia, to George Crosman Jr. a Civil War Major, and Mary B. Wick, ...

. He usually worked on Broadway as a director or producer. ''Oh, Lady, Lady'' is his first feature-length directorial silent film effort.

Plot

As described in a

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, Mary Barber (Daniels) returns to her birthplace as Rita Rooke, an actress, and finds her former sweetheart Willoughby Finch engaged and about to be married to a Miss Farringdon (Woods). She telephones Finch that she is in town and will call on him at 4 p.m. A rehearsal of the wedding ceremony is scheduled for 5 o'clock. A reporter is called in to assist Finch out of his dilemma. He suggests getting someone to pose as Finch's sweetheart to get him out of difficulty. The reporter gets the actress to dress as a vamp and appear on the scene. Complications follow when Mary mistakes the rehearsal for the wedding ceremony. The engagement between Molly Farringdon and Finch is broken. Then when she attempts to straighten things out, Mary is found at Finch's studio by Molly. Eventually explanations are made to clear things up.

Cast

as Mary Barber *

Harrison Ford Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor. Regarded as a cinematic cultural icon, he has starred in Harrison Ford filmography, many notable films over seven decades, and is one of List of highest-grossing actors, the highest-gr ...

as Hale Underwood *

Walter Hiers Walter Hiers (July 18, 1893 – February 27, 1933) was an American silent film actor. Biography Born in 1893, during his two decade-long acting career spanning from 1912 to 1932, Hiers acted in 101 films. He was a particularly prolific actor ...

as Willoughby Finch *Charlotte Woods as Molly Farringdon *

Lillian Langdon Lillian Langdon (November 25, 1860 – February 8, 1943) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1928. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Langdon was a descendant of Zebulon Pike, discov ...

as Mrs. Farringdon *Jack Doud as Alec Smart *Barbara Maier as Little Girl (unbilled)

References

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1920 films American silent feature films American films based on plays Films based on musicals Films based on works by P. G. Wodehouse 1920 romantic comedy films English-language romantic comedy films American black-and-white films Lost American romantic comedy films Films directed by Maurice Campbell 1920 lost films 1920s American films Silent American romantic comedy films 1920s English-language films {{1920s-romantic-comedy-film-stub