That Something
Cast & Crew
Margery Wilson
Charles Meredith
Margery Wilson
Nigel De Brulier
Eugenia Drake
John Hooper
Film Details
Synopsis
Edwin Drake, disowned by his wealthy father for lack of self-sufficiency, is unable to get a job and becomes a tramp. But after a prophetic vision, he discovers his better self and his regeneration begins. He obtains a job, quickly progressing to a key position. At the same time, Sarah Holmes is being taught to think positively by her friend, The Professor. Quite by accident, she meets Mrs. Drake, who takes a liking to her and treats her as her own daughter. One day Mrs. Drake is lamenting about her estranged son and shows Sarah a picture of Edwin. Sarah recognizes him as the young man who lives in her boardinghouse. She arranges for Mrs. Drake to be reunited with her now successful son, and eventually she becomes Mrs. Drake's daughter-in-law.
Cast
Charles Meredith
Margery Wilson
Nigel De Brulier
Eugenia Drake
John Hooper
Helen Wright
Carl Ulman
Gordon Griffith
James Farley
John Cossar
Crew
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Notes
Contemporary sources disagree in crediting direction, but one modern source unequivocally credits Wilson. The film was shot in early 1920 at the Robert Brunton Studios in Hollywood. The film had its premiere in Los Angeles on May 2, 1920, but reviews of the film appeared in the trade journals in April 1921, the probable re-release date. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30 (F2.5605) lists the film as a five-reeler, but one 1920 news report called it a seven-reeler. Lesser had acquired the international rights to the film before May 1920, but it is uncertain whether he retained these rights until the film's 1921 release.
