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Suds
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Jack Dillon (John Francis Dillon)

Cast: Mary Pickford [Amanda Afflick], Albert Austin [Horace Greensmith], Harold Goodwin [Benjamin Jones], Rosa Dione (Rose Dione) [Madame Jeanne Didier], Darwin Karr [the archduke]; Taylor N. Duncan, Joan Marsh, Nadyne Montgomery, Theodore Roberts, Hal Wilson, Lavender the horse

The Mary Pickford Company production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by Mary Pickford. Adaptation (scenario) by Waldemar Young, from the play ’op o’ Me Thumb by Frederick Fenn and Richard Pryce. Art direction by Max Parker. Costume design by Adele Crinley. Properties by Alfred L. Werker. Electrical effects by William S. Johnson. Assistant director, William A. Crinley. Photography (cinematography) by Charles Rosher and L.W. O’Connell (L. William O'Connell). / © 15 June 1920 by The Mary Pickford Company [LP15295]. Released 27 June 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working titles: ’op o’ Me Thumb and The Duchess of Suds.

Comedy-Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4316.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute / Mary Pickford collection) [35mm nitrate camera negative (export nitrate camera negative, incomplete, reels 1-4, acquired 1995), 35mm color-toned nitrate positive (domestic version, incomplete, one reel, acquired 1995)]; in the George Eastman Museum film archive [16mm reference reduction positive (struck 1956)]; in the Cinémathèque française film archive [35mm acetate duplicate positive (duplicated 1965)]; in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive [16mm reference reduction positive]; and in the Mary Pickford Institute for Film Education film collection [35mm duplicate negative, 35mm fine-grain duplicate master positive, 35mm duplicate positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animals: Horses

Listing updated: 12 December 2024.

References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.4316; Brownlow-Parade pp. 128, 135; Eyman-Pickford p. 332; Higashi-Virgins pp. 46, 47; Limbacher-Feature p. 237; Shipman-Cinema p. 70; Sinyard-Silent p. 75; Sweeney-Coming p. 18 : Website-IMDb; Website-Legacy; Website-Pickford.

Home video: DVD.

 
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