Alarm Clock Andy (1920)
Comedy | 7 March 1920
Director:
Jerome StormWriter:
Agnes C. JohnstonProduction Company:
Famous Players-Lasky Corp.; Thomas H. Ince ProductionsAn advertisement in the 14 December 1919 Wid’s Daily stated that screenwriter Agnes C. Johnston was at work on a series of films starring Charles Ray for Thomas H. Ince Films; in addition to Alarm Clock Andy, the series included Homer Comes Home, The Village Sleuth, and An Old Fashioned Boy (1920, see entries).
Principal photography was underway by late September 1919 at Thomas H. Ince Studios in Culver City, CA, according to the 20 September 1919 Motion Picture News, which referred to the picture by its working title, He Who Hestitates. Contemporary sources, including the 6 March 1920 Exhibitors Herald and 28 March 1920 Wid’s Daily, cited an issue date of 7 March 1920; however, some regional openings occurred in February 1920, including an 8 February 1920 release in St. Louis, MO, and a mid-February 1920 release in Los Angeles, CA, as noted in the 7 February 1920 St. Louis Star and Times and 17 February 1920 Los Angeles Times.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, Alarm Clock Andy is extant. ...
An advertisement in the 14 December 1919 Wid’s Daily stated that screenwriter Agnes C. Johnston was at work on a series of films starring Charles Ray for Thomas H. Ince Films; in addition to Alarm Clock Andy, the series included Homer Comes Home, The Village Sleuth, and An Old Fashioned Boy (1920, see entries).
Principal photography was underway by late September 1919 at Thomas H. Ince Studios in Culver City, CA, according to the 20 September 1919 Motion Picture News, which referred to the picture by its working title, He Who Hestitates. Contemporary sources, including the 6 March 1920 Exhibitors Herald and 28 March 1920 Wid’s Daily, cited an issue date of 7 March 1920; however, some regional openings occurred in February 1920, including an 8 February 1920 release in St. Louis, MO, and a mid-February 1920 release in Los Angeles, CA, as noted in the 7 February 1920 St. Louis Star and Times and 17 February 1920 Los Angeles Times.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, Alarm Clock Andy is extant.
Andy Gray, a bashful stutterer who works at Wells's Motor Truck Company, tries to model himself after William Blinker, the company's swaggering efficiency expert. Mr. Wells, hoping to introduce Blinker to his daughter Dorothy, plans to send Blinker to his house with Dorothy's train tickets. However, Blinker's absence forces Wells to send Andy, who has a crush on Dorothy. Too shy to correct Dorothy's assumption that he is Blinker, Andy accidentally thwarts a burglary at Dorothy's house and receives an invitation to visit Dorothy at her vacation resort. At the resort, Andy, registered as Blinker, manages to initiate a business deal with produce magnate Josiah Dodge before he is interrupted by Blinker, who denounces him as an imposter. Andy calmly suggests that the irate Blinker is a lunatic, and the hotel guests overpower the supposed madman and put him back on a train to the city. Back at the motor truck company, Andy is saved from the consequences of his actions by a call from Dodge, who wishes to complete the transaction. Blinker is happy to take credit for the sale, but both Dorothy and Dodge arrive at the office and identify Andy. After the confusion is resolved in Andy's favor, he is offered the position of sales manager and the love of ...
Andy Gray, a bashful stutterer who works at Wells's Motor Truck Company, tries to model himself after William Blinker, the company's swaggering efficiency expert. Mr. Wells, hoping to introduce Blinker to his daughter Dorothy, plans to send Blinker to his house with Dorothy's train tickets. However, Blinker's absence forces Wells to send Andy, who has a crush on Dorothy. Too shy to correct Dorothy's assumption that he is Blinker, Andy accidentally thwarts a burglary at Dorothy's house and receives an invitation to visit Dorothy at her vacation resort. At the resort, Andy, registered as Blinker, manages to initiate a business deal with produce magnate Josiah Dodge before he is interrupted by Blinker, who denounces him as an imposter. Andy calmly suggests that the irate Blinker is a lunatic, and the hotel guests overpower the supposed madman and put him back on a train to the city. Back at the motor truck company, Andy is saved from the consequences of his actions by a call from Dodge, who wishes to complete the transaction. Blinker is happy to take credit for the sale, but both Dorothy and Dodge arrive at the office and identify Andy. After the confusion is resolved in Andy's favor, he is offered the position of sales manager and the love of Dorothy.
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