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Pretty Smooth

Pretty Smooth

"To Know her is to lose your heart. your watch & chain, too."

Genres

CrimeComedy

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Gertie Jones, known among other thieves as "The Chatterbox" because she talks to herself while she works, becomes a rich woman's French maid after learning about her employer's $40,000 diamond necklace. To cover up the scratches left by her tools after she unsuccessfully tries to open the safe containing the necklace, Gertie telephones the police to report an attempted burglary. Jimmy Hartigan, a famous thief, arrives and after he and Gertie fall in love at first sight, he is arrested.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

60 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

16 June 1919

Country

United States of America

Cast

Priscilla Dean

Priscilla Dean

Gertie Jones

Francis McDonald

Francis McDonald

Jimmy Hartigan

Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor

Mrs. Hanson

George A. McDaniel

George A. McDaniel

Mr. Hanson

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman

Ex-convict

Josef Swickard

Josef Swickard

Judge

Clara Greenwood

Clara Greenwood

Nellie

Milton Ross

Milton Ross

Kersey

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