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What’s Your Hurry?
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 5040 feet
Directed by Sam Wood

Cast: Wallace Reid [Dusty Rhoades], Lois Wilson [Virginia MacMurran], Charles Ogle [Patrick MacMurran], Clarence Burton [Brenton Harding], Ernest Butterworth [the office boy]

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation through Paramount Pictures Corporation [Paramount Pictures]. / Scenario by Byron Morgan, from the short story “The Hippopotamus Parade” by Byron Morgan. Cinematography by Al Gilks. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / © 31 July 1920 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP15410]. Released 12 September 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working titles: The Hippopotamus Parade and Too Much Speed. The story was subsequently filmed as Man Power (1927).

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4868.

Survival status: Print exists in the Gosfilmofond film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 12 December 2024.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4868; Carroll-Matinee p. 118; Drew-Speaking pp. 255, 288 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Manish Patwari.