The Man Upstairs (1926)
Comedy-drama | 22 January 1926
Cast:
Monte Blue, Dorothy Devore, Helen Dunbar [ More ]Director:
Roy Del RuthWriter:
E. T. Lowe Jr.Cinematographer:
Allan ThompsonProduction Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.According to an item in the Dec 1925 Photoplay, Erle Kenton was set to direct Monte Blue in The Agony Column. However, the 14 Nov 1925 Moving Picture World announced that Roy Del Ruth instead would helm the picture, which was set to costar Dorothy Devore, Myrna Loy, and others. The following week, the 21 Nov 1925 Moving Picture World reported that filming had ended, and that the title had been changed to The Man Upstairs. Among the cast members mentioned were Eve Southern, Otto Hoffman, and Arthur Thalasso, but they, along with Myrna Loy, were not listed in final credits.
Earl Derr Biggers's novel, The Agony Column, was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post (8 Jul--22 Jul 1916). For information on other screen adaptations of Biggers' novel, consult the entry for the 1918 Vitagraph production of The Blind Adventure, directed by Wesley H. Ruggles and starring Edward Earle and Betty Howe. ...
According to an item in the Dec 1925 Photoplay, Erle Kenton was set to direct Monte Blue in The Agony Column. However, the 14 Nov 1925 Moving Picture World announced that Roy Del Ruth instead would helm the picture, which was set to costar Dorothy Devore, Myrna Loy, and others. The following week, the 21 Nov 1925 Moving Picture World reported that filming had ended, and that the title had been changed to The Man Upstairs. Among the cast members mentioned were Eve Southern, Otto Hoffman, and Arthur Thalasso, but they, along with Myrna Loy, were not listed in final credits.
Earl Derr Biggers's novel, The Agony Column, was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post (8 Jul--22 Jul 1916). For information on other screen adaptations of Biggers' novel, consult the entry for the 1918 Vitagraph production of The Blind Adventure, directed by Wesley H. Ruggles and starring Edward Earle and Betty Howe.
Geoffrey West, a traveler and adventurer, sees a girl in a London hotel and uses the personals column of a newspaper to get in touch with her. The girl, Marion Larnard, then sets a test for Geoffrey: he is to write her a letter each day for 5 days and, if he proves himself to be an interesting fellow, she will have dinner with him. As a joke, Geoffrey convinces Marion that he has done away with a certain Captain Fraser-Freer; Marion is, at first, quite concerned, but when she realizes that Geoffrey is jesting, she decides to teach him a lesson. She arranges with Fraser-Freer to disappear and has Geoffrey arrested for his murder. Letting Geoffrey fret for a while, Marion eventually arranges for his release and assures him that he has indeed proved himself to be an interesting ...
Geoffrey West, a traveler and adventurer, sees a girl in a London hotel and uses the personals column of a newspaper to get in touch with her. The girl, Marion Larnard, then sets a test for Geoffrey: he is to write her a letter each day for 5 days and, if he proves himself to be an interesting fellow, she will have dinner with him. As a joke, Geoffrey convinces Marion that he has done away with a certain Captain Fraser-Freer; Marion is, at first, quite concerned, but when she realizes that Geoffrey is jesting, she decides to teach him a lesson. She arranges with Fraser-Freer to disappear and has Geoffrey arrested for his murder. Letting Geoffrey fret for a while, Marion eventually arranges for his release and assures him that he has indeed proved himself to be an interesting fellow.
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