The Mollycoddle (1920)
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- Not Rated
- 1h 26min
- Adventure, Comedy
- 13 Jun 1920 (USA)
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An American who has lived much of his life outside the country returns to Arizona for the first time in years and encounters villainy.
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| Douglas Fairbanks | ... |
Richard Marshall III / Richard Marshall IV / Richard Marshall V
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| Ruth Renick | ... |
Virginia Hale
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| Wallace Beery | ... |
Henry von Holkar
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Paul Burns | ... |
Samuel Levinski
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Morris Hughes | ... |
Patrick O'Flannigan
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| George Stewart | ... |
Ole Olsen
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| Charles Stevens | ... |
Yellow Horse
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Lewis Hippe | ... |
First Mate
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Betty Bouton | ... |
Mollie Warren
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| Adele Farrington | ... |
Mrs. Warren
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| Albert MacQuarrie | ... |
Driver of the Desert Yacht
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Fredericka Hawks | ... |
Girl Hobo
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| Bob Burns | ... |
Barfly (uncredited)
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| Frank Campeau | ... |
Man at Trading Post (uncredited)
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Eagle Eye | ... |
Chief (uncredited)
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| Bull Montana | ... |
Fish Cannery Worker (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Victor Fleming | ||
Written by
| Douglas Fairbanks | ... | () (uncredited) |
| Thomas J. Geraghty | ... | (scenario editor) |
| Harold McGrath | ... | (story) (as Harold MacGrath) |
Produced by
| Douglas Fairbanks | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| William C. McGann | ... | (as William McGann) |
| Harris Thorpe | ... | (as Harry Thorpe) |
Art Direction by
| Edward M. Langley | ... | (as Edward Langley) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Theodore Reed | ... | assistant director |
| Joseph Henabery | ... | second unit director (uncredited) |
Art Department
| George England | ... | head carpenter |
Stunts
| Richard Talmadge | ... | stunts |
Location Management
| Art Acord | ... | location scout |
Additional Crew
| George W. Chapman | ... | technical crew |
| Robert Fairbanks | ... | technical effects |
| Frank England | ... | technical crew (uncredited) |
| Douglas Fairbanks | ... | supervisor (uncredited) |
| John Fairbanks | ... | general manager (uncredited) |
| Lotta Woods | ... | technical crew (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- United Artists (1920) (United States) (theatrical)
- United Artists (1920) (Canada) (theatrical) (as United Artists Corporation, Ltd.)
- Allied Artists Corporation (1920) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Kino Video (1996) (United States) (VHS)
- Flicker Alley (2008) (United States) (DVD)
- Kino Video (2016) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
What's the difference between a primitive (such as Hopi Indians or Richard Marshall the Fifth's two-fisted pioneer ancestors) and a sophisticate (in this case Richard Marshall V, raised in Monte Carlo playing polo in spats and a monocle)? Richard meets up with some Americans abroad who can't believe he's an American too. He's invited to sail with them to Galveston and then head for Hopi land in Arizona. Little does Richard know that he's stumbled onto a diamond-smuggling operation, that one of the yachting party is in the secret service on the trail of Van Holkar, their host, and that soon all of Richard's instinctual mettle will be tested, mettle he didn't know he had.
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| Taglines | Douglas Fairbanks personally is the best man in the world who could be called a "Mollycoddle." In this picture he plays the role of the young man who, by force of circumstances, has all the earmarks of the typical mollycoddle; but in his blood is the fighting strain that comes to the surface the minute he gets into the environments of his battling forefathers. (Print Ad- St. Mary Banner, ((Franklin, La.)) 25 December 1920) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This was one of the few films in which Douglas Fairbanks did not perform most of his own stunts. Shortly after filming began he badly hurt his wrists while attempting a running mount of a horse; the animal got spooked and took off just as he was jumping on her. Veteran stuntman Richard Talmadge, who had previously doubled for Fairbanks in other films for stunts that the studio deemed too dangerous for him to perform, was hired as Fairbanks' stunt double for most of the stunts in this film. See more » |
| Goofs | At about 5:54 into the film, Richard Marshall IV throws well-worn Barber half dollars at the feet of townspeople imploring them to celebrate a newlywed couple. Minutes earlier, a title card identified the year as 1880. The Barber half dollar was first introduced into American coinage in 1892, twelve years after the scene depicted. The most likely half dollar he should have thrown was the Liberty-seated type. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in I, Douglas Fairbanks (2018). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | "FOREWORD: Our thanks are gratefully expressed to government officials, tribal chiefs, and to the hundreds of picturesque Hopi Indians on their reservation near the Painted Desert of Arizona, who, in their savage way heartily welcomed us to their prehistoric villages and with primitive cheerfulness played an important part in this picture." See more » |