Clear the Decks

Story

Synopsis

This 1929 drama about mistaken identities contains three eight minute scenes that involve talking. The rest of the film is silent and subtitled. The trouble begins when the hero follows a pretty lady aboard an ocean liner. He boards the ship using the name of his friend who was supposed to take the cruise for health reasons. The friend was told that if he did not board the boat, he would not receive his inheritance. Unfortunately for the hero, a male nurse believes that he is the sick friend and forces him to stay in the cabin and subsist upon a diet of goat's milk.

Director

Joseph Henabery

Writers

Earle Snell, E.J. Rath, Gladys Lehman

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

3 March 1929

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Reginald Denny

  Jack Armitage

• 

  Olive Hasbrouck

  Miss Bronson

• 

  Otis Harlan

  Pussyfoot

• 

  Lucien Littlefield

  Plinge

• 

  Collette Merton

  Blondie

• 

  Robert Anderson

  Mate

• Elinor Leslie

  Aunt

• 

  Brooks Benedict

  Trumbull