A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2013 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Wise Kid
(1922) American
B&W : Five reels / 4606 feet
Directed by Tod Browning

Cast: Gladys Walton [Rosie Cooper], David Butler [Freddie Smith], Hallam Cooley [Harry], Hector Sarno [Tony Rossi], Henry A. Barrows [Jefferson Southwick], C. Norman Hammond [Mr. Haverty]

The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [Universal Special]. / Scenario by Wallace Clifton, from a screen story by William Slavens McNutt. Cinematography by William Fildew. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 22 February 1922 by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated [LP17577]. Premiered circa 4 March 1922 in St. Louis, Missouri. Released 13 March 1922. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Comedy-Drama: Romance.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain.

Listing updated: 1 November 2011.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 39 : Website-AFI.