Keep Smiling (1925)
1h
Running Time
September 6, 1925Release Date
Plot.
The Boy, involved in a maritime disaster as a child, suffers from hydrophobia. He invents a life preserver that automatically inflates when it hits the water, using it to save the life of Rose Ryan, the daughter of a steamship magnate.
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Cast & Crew.

Monty Banks
The Boy / Writer

Robert Edeson
James P. Ryan

Anne Cornwall
Rose Ryan

Stanhope Wheatcroft
Gerald Deane

Glen Cavender
Doublecrosser

Donald Morelli
Bordanni

Syd Crossley
Ryan's Butler

Ruth Holly
Ryan's Secretary
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Keep Smiling is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Albert Austin and Gilbert Pratt. It stars Monty Banks (real name Mario Bianchi) and Glen Cavender. The film was originally titled "Water Shy".
The story features a boy with a fear of water who invents a life preserver that inflates when it comes in contact with water. Promoting his invention, he becomes involved with a wild speedboat race, a crooked mechanic, and the darling daughter of a boating magnate.