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1926 film This article is about the 1926 American silent comedy film. For the 1977 UK single, see Radio Stars.
The Nervous Wreck
Directed byScott Sidney
Written byF. McGrew Willis
Based onThe Nervous Wreck by Owen Davis
Produced byAl Christie
Charles Christie
StarringHarrison Ford
Phyllis Haver
Chester Conklin
CinematographyAlex Phillips
Production
company		Christie Film Company
Distributed byProducers Distributing Corporation
Release date
  • October 10, 1926 (1926-10-10)
Running time70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
The Nervous Wreck ad in Exhibitors Herald, 1926

The Nervous Wreck is a 1926 American silent comedy adventure film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Harrison Ford, Phyllis Haver and Chester Conklin. It is based on the play The Nervous Wreck by Owen Davis, inspired by an earlier story The Wreck by E.J. Rath. The play later became a musical on which the 1930 film Whoopee! was based and also inspired the 1944 film Up in Arms.

Plot

Wrongly believing himself to be suffering from a fatal illness, a Pittsburgh man sets out for Arizona but stops at a ranch for a meal on the way. There he is tricked into eloping with the daughter of the house, engaged to a local sheriff. The couple are subsequently pursued by the sheriff and the girl's father, and during a series of adventures he discovers that his poor health was all in his mind.

Cast

References

  1. Connelly p.182

Bibliography

  • Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

Films directed by Scott Sidney


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