Blue Skies (1929)
1h
Running Time
March 16, 1929Release Date
Blue Skies (1929)
1h
Running Time
March 16, 1929Release Date
Plot.
Better known for her work in talkie "weepers," Helen Twelvetrees made a few preliminary appearances in such late silent films as Fox's Blue Skies. The audience was expected to believe that the twentysomething Twelvetrees and Frank Albertson are teenagers living together platonically in an orphan asylum. A wealthy old man comes calling to adopt Albertson -- who, feeling sorry for Twelvetrees, trades places with the girl. Thus it is that the heroine is carted off to a luxurious mansion, while Albertson remains behind. One year later, the old man discovers Albertson's deception, whereupon he invites the boy to live with him as well. By this time, Twelvetrees and Albertson are of marriageable age, thus the film ends with a wedding in the offing.
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Cast & Crew.
Carmencita Johnson
Dorothy May (age 6) (episode 1)
Freddie Burke Frederick
Richard Lewis (age 8)
Ethel Wales
Matron (episode 1)
Helen Twelvetrees
Dorothy May (episode 2)
Frank Albertson
Richard Lewis (episode 2)
Rosa Gore
Nellie Crouch (episode 2)
William Orlamond
Janitor
E.H. Calvert
Mr. Semple Jones (episode 1)
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Details.
Release DateMarch 16, 1929
StatusReleased
Running Time1h
Content RatingNR
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Wiki.
Blue Skies is a 1929 American drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Carmencita Johnson, Freddie Burke Frederick, and Ethel Wales. The film is based on a short story called The Matron's Report by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan. The short story also formed the basis for 1936's Little Miss Nobody.