Director:

Maxwell Karger

Cinematographer:

Allan Siegler

Production Designer:

Joseph Calder

Production Company:

Metro Pictures Corp.
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HISTORY

The 29 Oct 1921 Motion Picture News reported that a large Los Angeles, CA, chocolate factory was being leased for the picture. ...

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The 29 Oct 1921 Motion Picture News reported that a large Los Angeles, CA, chocolate factory was being leased for the picture.

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GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS
SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
Motion Picture News
29 Oct 1921
p. 2352
DETAILS
Release Date:
3 April 1922
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Metro Pictures
4 April 1922
LP17722
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in feet):
4,300
Length(in reels):
5
Country:
United States
SYNOPSIS

Betty Estabrook, daughter of a financier, meets Bill Bailey while returning home on a train and offers him one of her homemade candy kisses; Bill persuades her to dispense some candy at a charity bazaar, which she does with great success; but unhappily he discovers that Betty is engaged to Norman Maynard, son of a manufacturer of sweets. Betty's father dies as a result of financial complications, and determined to reimburse the creditors, she sells her house and all her possessions, causing Maynard to break off the engagement. Bill and Bessie Neldon join forces with Betty to manufacture candy, a venture that becomes so successful that Maynard begins to suffer from the competition and sows seeds of discontent among their workers. Bill thwarts the plan, but Betty sells the B-Kissed Candy Co. to Maynard for a sizable sum, which enables her and Bill to become ...

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Betty Estabrook, daughter of a financier, meets Bill Bailey while returning home on a train and offers him one of her homemade candy kisses; Bill persuades her to dispense some candy at a charity bazaar, which she does with great success; but unhappily he discovers that Betty is engaged to Norman Maynard, son of a manufacturer of sweets. Betty's father dies as a result of financial complications, and determined to reimburse the creditors, she sells her house and all her possessions, causing Maynard to break off the engagement. Bill and Bessie Neldon join forces with Betty to manufacture candy, a venture that becomes so successful that Maynard begins to suffer from the competition and sows seeds of discontent among their workers. Bill thwarts the plan, but Betty sells the B-Kissed Candy Co. to Maynard for a sizable sum, which enables her and Bill to become engaged.

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