Oh, Kay
Cast & Crew
Mervyn Leroy
Colleen Moore
Lawrence Gray
Alan Hale
Ford Sterling
Claude Gillingwater
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
On the eve of her wedding to the insipid Lord Braggot, Lady Kay Rutfield seeks solace in a solitary sail on her sloop. A storm blows up, and Kay is rescued by a passing rumrunner bound for the United States. The ship anchors in Long Island Sound, and Kay makes her escape, taking refuge in the deserted mansion of wealthy Jimmy Winter. That evening, Jimmy, who is to be wed on the following day, returns home unexpectedly, and Kay (in order to elude a detective named Jansen, who has mistaken her for a bootlegger) persuades him to let her pose for a night as his wife. Shorty, a bootlegger, has hidden some hooch in the basement and, to protect it, passes himself off as the new butler. The night of the following day finds Jimmy and Kay engaged, and Shorty long gone with his illegal swill.
Director
Mervyn Leroy
Cast
Colleen Moore
Lawrence Gray
Alan Hale
Ford Sterling
Claude Gillingwater
Julanne Johnston
Claude King
Edgar Norton
Percy Williams
Fred O'beck
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
This silent film was based on a hit Broadway musical with songs by George and Ira Gershwin. It contained some of their most famous songs in its stage version, the best known of them being "Someone To Watch Over Me". Strangely, enough, however, it was never remade as a sound film.
Notes
Copyrighted as 7 reels.
