Mirandy Smiles

Mirandy Smiles
Film still
Directed by	William C. deMille
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky
Screenplay by	Edith M. Kennedy (scenario)
Based on	"The Littlest Scrub Lady" by Belle K. Maniates
Starring	Vivian Martin Douglas MacLean William Freeman Frances Beech
Cinematography	Frank E. Garbutt
Production company	Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	December 15, 1918 (1918-12-15)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Mirandy Smiles is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by William C. deMille and written by Edith M. Kennedy based upon a short story by Belle K. Maniates. The film stars Vivian Martin, Douglas MacLean, William Freeman, and Frances Beech. The film was released on December 15, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2] Its survival status is classified as unknown,^[3] which suggests that it is a lost film.

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[4] Mirandy's mother Mrs. Judkins (Kelso) "takes in" laundry and Mirandy Judkins (Martin) scrubs the floors of the town opera house. Teddy Lawrence (MacLean), who plays the piano at the theater, is also organist at St. Mark's church. Mirandy upon Teddy's invitation attends church services and meets Rose White (Gennung), who is in love with the minister. Mirandy is given the work of laundering the surplices and is entrusted with a note to the minister pinned to one of the frocks. The not falls out, however, and is not delivered until the minister is called to marry the Boarder (Freeman) to Annie May (Beech). Mirandy and Teddy come to an understanding and manage to smile through their trials and tribulations.

Cast

Vivian Martin as Mirandy Judkins
Douglas MacLean as Teddy Lawrence
William Freeman as The Boarder
Frances Beech as Annie May
Gean Gennung as Rose White
Elinor Hancock as Mrs. White (credited as Eleanor Hancock)
Mayme Kelso as Mrs. Judkins (credited as Maym Kelso)
Louis Willoughby as John Kennedy (credited as Lewis Willoughby)

References

↑ "Mirandy-Smiles - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
↑ "Mirandy Smiles". AFI. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Mirandy Smiles at silentera.com
↑ "Reviews: Mirandy Smiles". Exhibitors Herald (New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company) 7 (23): 23. November 30, 1918.

External links

Mirandy Smiles at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by William C. deMille

1910s	The Only Son (1914) The Ragamuffin (1916) The Blacklist (1916) The Sowers (1916) The Clown (1916) Common Ground (1916) Anton the Terrible (1916) The Heir to the Hoorah (1916) Hashimura Togo (1917) The Ghost House (1917) The Secret Game (1917) The Widow's Might (1918) One More American (1918) The Honor of His House (1918) Mirandy Smiles (1918) The Mystery Girl (1918) Peg o' My Heart (1919)

1920s	The Tree of Knowledge (1920) Jack Straw (1920) The Prince Chap (1920) Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920) Midsummer Madness (1921) What Every Woman Knows (1921) The Lost Romance (1921) After the Show (1921) Miss Lulu Bett (1921) Bought and Paid For (1922) Nice People (1922) Clarence (1922) The World's Applause (1923) Grumpy (1923) Only 38 (1923) The Marriage Maker (1923) Don't Call It Love (1923) Icebound (1924) The Bedroom Window (1924) The Fast Set (1924) Locked Doors (1925) Men and Women (1925) Lost: A Wife (1925) New Brooms (1925) The Splendid Crime (1926) The Runaway (1926) For Alimony Only (1926) The Little Adventuress (1927) Craig's Wife (1928) Tenth Avenue (1928) The Doctor's Secret (1929) The Man Higher Up (1929) The Idle Rich (1929)

1930s	Passion Flower (1930) Two Kinds of Women (1932) His Double Life (1933)

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