String Beans (film)

String Beans
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Directed by	Victor Schertzinger
Produced by	Thomas H. Ince
Screenplay by	Julien Josephson
Starring	Charles Ray Jane Novak J. P. Lockney Donald MacDonald
Cinematography	Chester A. Lyons
Production company	Thomas H. Ince Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	December 29, 1918 (1918-12-29)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

String Beans is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and written by Julien Josephson. The film stars Charles Ray, Jane Novak, J. P. Lockney, Donald MacDonald, Al W. Filson, and Otto Hoffman. The film was released on December 29, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[3] Toby Watkins (Ray) is a farm hand who writes poetry for the local paper, the Sabert Weekly Clarion, much to his uncle's disgust. Following a quarrel in which he beats his uncle, he is ordered away from home. He gets a position at the paper as a bill collector and is soon elevated to foreman of the composing room. Kendall Reeves (MacDonald), a crook, comes to town and plans to mulct the populace by starting a canning factory. A tramp printer recognizes Reeves as a former jail bird and makes him agree to split with him. Toby overhears the plot and when Bartrum (Lockney), the editor, becomes too ill to speak in opposition to the scheme, Toby agrees to take his place. On the platform, however, Toby looses his nerve and beats an ignominious retreat in the middle of his address. Reeves later attempts to force the mayor, Lot Morris (Filson), to give him $5000 on account at the point of a revolver. The daughter Jean (Novak) calls up Toby who then arrives in time to save the mayor and capture the crook. He also wins the hand of the mayor's daughter.

Cast

Charles Ray as Toby Watkins
Jane Novak as Jean Morris
J. P. Lockney as Zachary Bartrum (credited as John P. Lockney)
Donald MacDonald as Kendall Reeves
Al W. Filson as Lot Morris (credited as Al Filson)
Otto Hoffman as Joe Farley

References

↑ "String-Beans - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
↑ "String Beans". AFI. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
↑ "Reviews: String Beans". Exhibitors Herald (New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company) 7 (24): 35. December 7, 1918.

External links

String Beans at the Internet Movie Database

Selected films directed by Victor Schertzinger

The Clodhopper (1917)
The Son of His Father (1917)
His Mother's Boy (1917)
The Hired Man (1918)
The Family Skeleton (1918)
Playing the Game (1918)
His Own Home Town (1918)
The Claws of the Hun (1918)
A Nine O'Clock Town (1918)
Coals of Fire (1918)
Quicksand (1918)
String Beans (1918)
Hard Boiled (1919)
Extravagance (1919)
The Sheriff's Son (1919)
The Homebreaker (1919)
The Lady of Red Butte (1919)
When Doctors Disagree (1919)
Other Men's Wives (1919)
Jinx (1919)
The Slim Princess (1920)
Mr. Barnes of New York (1922)
Bread (1924)
Man and Maid (1925)
The Return of Peter Grimm (1926)
The Showdown (1928)
Forgotten Faces (1928)
Redskin (1929)
Nothing But the Truth (1929)
Fashions in Love (1929)
Paramount on Parade (1930)
Safety in Numbers (1930)
Heads Up (1930)
Friends and Lovers (1931)
The Constant Woman (1933)
One Night of Love (1934)
Let's Live Tonight (1935)
Love Me Forever (1935)
Something to Sing About (1937)
The Mikado (1939)
Road to Singapore (1940)
Rhythm on the River (1940)
Road to Zanzibar (1941)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
The Fleet's In (1942)

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