Water, Water, Everywhere (1920)
Cowboy Billy Fortune is in love with Hope Beecher, who prefers Billy's friend Ben Morgan, but resists his advances because of his fondness for drink. Hope's discontent is echoed by the town wives' public outcry against drink. To divert their interest, Billy is nominated to make love to their leader, widow Fay Bittinger, who has already disposed of four husbands....
- Date of release
- 1920-02-08
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Comedy, Western
- Director
- Clarence G. Badger
Casting
- Will Rogers — Billy Fortune
- Irene Rich — Hope Beecher
- Rowland V. Lee — Arthur Gunther
- Wade Boteler — Ben Morgan
- Margaret Livingston — Martha Beecher
- Victor Potel — Steve Brainard
- William Courtright — Daddy Sammett
- Sidney De Gray — Red McGee
- Lillian Langdon — Fay Bittinger
- Lydia Yeamans Titus — Mrs. Red McGee
- Milton Brown — Sam Beecher
Interesting facts
Water, Water, Everywhere is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and written by Robert F. Hill. It is based on the 1912 novel Billy Fortune and the Hard Proposition by William Rheem Lighton. The film stars Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Rowland V. Lee, Wade Boteler, Margaret Livingston, and Milton Brown. The film was released on February 8, 1920, by Goldwyn Pictures.
Production
Director Clarence Badger recalled that the film had been shot near the Alabama Hills outside of Lone Pine, Inyo County, California. The film was released on February 8, 1920, suggesting that filming took place in late 1919 or very early 1920. If this information is correct, Water, Water Everywhere was one of the earliest productions to take place at the Alabama Hills, which would later become a standard shooting location for many western films.
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