Too Fat to Fight
Cast & Crew
Hobart Henley
Frank Mcintyre
Florence Dixon
Henrietta Floyd
Comtesse Floria De Martimprey
Harold Entwistle
Film Details
Synopsis
Portly Norman Dalrymple, known by his friends as "Dimples," tries to enlist when the United States declares war on Germany but is rejected because of his corpulence. Through the intercession of a wealthy friend, Dimples finally enrolls in the Y. M. C. A., bids farewell to his beloved Helen Brewster, and goes to France, where he serves the Allied soldiers as a "soup carrier." Dimples' cheerfulness earns him the gratitude and admiration of the troops, but when he tries to rescue Helen's wounded father from the battlefield, he is seriously injured. Helen, now a member of the ambulance corps, drives him to the hospital, where he learns that he has lost his leg. In the end, however, Helen's love and an army decoration for heroism combine to insure Dimples' happiness.
Director
Hobart Henley
Cast
Frank Mcintyre
Florence Dixon
Henrietta Floyd
Comtesse Floria De Martimprey
Harold Entwistle
Jack Mclean
Lieut. Frank Badgley
Crew
Film Details
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Rex Beach's story, probably published to coincide with the release of the film, was also published as a novel (New York, 1919). Lieut. Frank Badgley was a British war hero working in the British Mission in the U.S. The film was produced at the Goldwyn Studios in Fort Lee, NJ. Some scenes were shot at an estate in Glen Cove, Long Island and the aviation field at Belmont Park, NY. According to publicity for the film, Rex Beach wrote the scenario. U.S. Marines appeared in trench scenes, some of which were directed by S. L. Rothapfel, the managing director of New York's Rialto and Rivoli Theatres. Among the Marines were Sergeants M. E. Henderson, William Hickey, William Bird, Walter Burke, L. J. O'Brien and J. Dill. The National League for Women's Service provided Florence Dixon with an authentic uniform of an American ambulance driver. The film had pre-release showings in Rothapfel's Rivoli Theatre in New York and in other cities on December 1, 1918.
