The Wild Goose Chase
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Cecil B. Demille
Ina Claire
Theodore Roberts
Lucien Littlefield
Helen Marlborough
Raymond Hatton
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In France, two old men show each other photographs of their American grandchildren, Bob Randall and Betty Wright. The grandfathers, each determined to select their grandchild's mate, offer two million francs to each grandchild if they marry one another. In America, Bob and Betty meet when Bob, a college student, runs from the town constable after mischievously stealing a cigar store Indian and jumps into Betty's auto. Despite her protests, Betty finds that she likes Bob. When both sets of parents try to convince their children to marry according to their grandfather's wishes, Bob sends his roommate, the "Grind," to meet Betty, who changes places with her maid. Rather than submit, Bob and Betty run away and both join a traveling theatrical troupe run by the barnstorming but broke tragedian, Horatio Brutus Bangs. After the troupe performs Romeo and Juliet a sheriff throws them in jail for not paying their hotel bills. When their parents locate them, Bob and Betty, now in love, realize the other's identity and agree to marry.
Director
Cecil B. Demille
Cast
Ina Claire
Theodore Roberts
Lucien Littlefield
Helen Marlborough
Raymond Hatton
Ernest Joy
Florence Smyth
Film Details
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Notes
Although some sources state that this film was taken from William C. de Mille's play written for the stage, other sources indicate that de Mille's work was an original scenario. This was Ina Claire's first film. According to modern sources, Cecil B. DeMille also produced and edited the film, Alvin Wyckoff was the cameraman, and Wilfred Buckland was the art director.
