Going Up (film)

Going Up is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Douglas MacLean, Hallam Cooley and Marjorie Daw. It was based on a 1917 comedy Broadway play The Aviator.

Plot

The author of a series of bestselling novels about aviation has falsely gained a reputation as an expert pilot, despite having a phobia of planes and no real experience. However, when he is challenged by a genuine expert to a race with a rival in love, he accepts and triumphs.

Cast

• Douglas MacLean as Robert Street
• Hallam Cooley as Hopkinson Brown
• Arthur Stuart Hull as James Brooks
• Francis McDonald as Jules Gaillard
• Hughie Mack as Sam Robinson
• Wade Boteler as John Gordon
• John Steppling as William Douglas
• Mervyn LeRoy as The Bellboy
• Marjorie Daw as Grace Douglas
• Edna Murphy as Madeline Manners
• Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Douglas

Preservation

With no prints of Going Up located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.

References

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

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