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Johnny on the Spot
Also known as [Johnny-on-the-Spot]
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Harry L. Franklin

Cast: Hale Hamilton [Johnny Rutledge], Louise Lovely [Anne Travers], Philo McCullough [Arthur Abington, also known as Cooley], Ruth Orlamond [Mrs. Webster], Edward J. Connelly (Edward Connelly) [Judge Martin Crandall], Hardee Kirkland [Doctor Barnabas Bunyon], Lilie Leslie (Lila Leslie) [Lillian Dupre], E.N. Wallack (Edwin Wallock) [Jim Burton], Fred H. Warren (Fred Warren) [‘Pipe’ Brooks], Oral Humphreys (Neil Hardin) [‘Buck’ Bates], Oral Humphreys (Orral Humphrey) [‘Canary’ Kelly]

Metro Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by June Mathis, from a screen story by Shannon Fife. Production supervision by Maxwell Karger. Assistant director, Fred H. Warren. Cinematography by Arthur Martinelli. Presented by Metro Pictures Corporation. / © 24 February 1919 by Metro Pictures Corporation [LP13433]. Released 17 February 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 24 November 2024.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.