''Through the Wrong Door'' is a 1919 American silent

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typic ...

film directed by

Clarence G. Badger Clarence G. Badger (June 9, 1880 – June 17, 1964) was an American film director of feature films in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. His films include '' It'' and ''Red Hair'', more than a dozen features and shorts starring Will Rogers, and two feat ...

and starring Madge Kennedy, John Bowers,

Herbert Standing Herbert Standing (13 November 1846 – 5 December 1923) was a British stage and screen actor and the patriarch of the Standing family of actors. He was the father of numerous children, many of whom had careers in theatre and cinema. Toward the ...

, J.B. Manly, and

Bob Kortman Robert F. Kortman (December 24, 1887 – March 13, 1967) was an American film actor mostly associated with westerns, though he also appeared in a number of Laurel and Hardy comedies. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1914 and 1952. ...

. It is based on a story ''The Wrong Door'' by

Jesse Lynch Williams Jesse Lynch Williams (August 17, 1871 – September 14, 1929) was an American author and dramatist. He won the first Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play ''Why Marry?'' (1917). He was a journalist for three New York publications and co-founded ...

. The film was released by

Goldwyn Pictures Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company that operated from 1916 to 1924 when it was merged with two other production companies to form the major studio, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was founded on November 19, 1 ...

on July 20, 1919.

Plot

Cast

* Madge Kennedy as Isabel Carter * John Bowers as Burt Radcliffe *

as Haskell Carter *J.B. Manly as Gerald Hopkins *

as James (as Robert Kortman) *

Kate Lester Kate Lester (born Sarah Cody, 12 June 1857 – 12 October 1924) was an American theatrical and silent film actress. Her family, the Suydams of New York, were staying in Britain at the time of her birth.Who Was Who on Screen 3rd edition page ...

as Mrs. Carter *Beulah Peyton as Mrs. Lippin * Betty Schade as Vera Lippin

Preservation

The film is now considered lost.American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Through the Wrong Door''

Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The librar ...

. Retrieved November 18, 2022.

References

External links

* * 1919 romantic comedy films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Goldwyn Pictures films Lost American romantic comedy films 1919 lost films 1910s American films Silent American romantic comedy films {{1910s-US-film-stub