Mr. Fix-It

1918 film by Allan Dwan

April 15, 1918 (1918-04-15)

Running time

50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Mr. Fix-It is a 1918 American silent comedy film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, and Wanda Hawley, directed by Allan Dwan.^[1]^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[3] because of his ability to fix things Dick Remington (Fairbanks) becomes known as "Mr. Fix-It" and enters the aristocratic home of the Burroughs as their nephew. Before long he has melted the stone hearts of three aunts and one uncle and won the heart of Mary McCullough (Hawley) in addition to setting aright the affairs of pretty Georgiana Burroughs (MacDonald) and Olive Van Tassell (Landis).

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks as Dick Remington
Wanda Hawley as Mary McCullough
Marjorie Daw as Marjorie Threadwell
Frank Campeau as Uncle Henry Burroughs
Katherine MacDonald as Georgiana Burroughs
Leslie Stuart as Reginald Burroughs
Ida Waterman as Aunt Agatha Burroughs
Alice H. Smith as Aunt Priscilla Burroughs
Mrs. H.R. Hancock as Aunt Laura Burroughs
Mr. Russell as Butler Jarvis
Fred Goodwins as Gideon Van Tassell
Margaret Landis as Olive Van Tassell
Charles Stevens as Gangster (uncredited)
Gustav von Seyffertitz as Doctor (uncredited)

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Mr. Fix-It was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 5, the policeman arresting women in kimono coming from raided house of ill repute.^[4]

Preservation status

On July 16, 2011, at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival presented a restored print of the film from George Eastman House.^[5]^[6]

References

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Mr. Fix-It
^ Mr. Fix-It at silentera.com
^ "Reviews: Mr. Fix-It". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (19). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 24. May 4, 1918.
^ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (25). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 31. June 15, 1918.
^ Mr. Fix-It at San Francisco Silent Film Festival website
^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Mr. Fix-It

External links

Mr. Fix-It at IMDb
Mr. Fix-It at the TCM Movie Database
Mr. Fix-It at AllMovie
Mr. Fix-It at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
Progressive Silent Film List: Mr. Fix-It at silentera.com
Still at silentfilm.org

Films directed by Allan Dwan

1910s

Woman's Honor (1913)
Calamity Anne's Vanity (1913)
Quicksands (1913)
The Greater Love (1913)
Her Big Story (1913)
The Restless Spirit (1913)
Back to Life (1913)
Red Margaret, Moonshiner (1913)
Bloodhounds of the North (1913)
The Lie (1914)
The Honor of the Mounted (1914)
Remember Mary Magdalen (1914)
Discord and Harmony (1914)
The Menace to Carlotta (1914)
The Embezzler (1914)
The Lamb, the Woman, the Wolf (1914)
The End of the Feud (1914)
The Tragedy of Whispering Creek (1914)
The Unlawful Trade (1914)
The Forbidden Room (1914)
The Hopes of Blind Alley (1914)
Richelieu (1914)
The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch (1914)
Wildflower (1914)
The County Chairman (1914)
The Straight Road (1914)
The Conspiracy (1914)
The Dancing Girl (1915)
A Small Town Girl (1915)
David Harum (1915)
The Love Route (1915)
The Commanding Officer (1915)
May Blossom (1915)
The Pretty Sister of Jose (1915)
A Girl of Yesterday (1915)
Jordan Is a Hard Road (1915)
The Habit of Happiness (1916)
The Good Bad-Man (1916)
An Innocent Magdalene (1916)
Manhattan Madness (1916)
Fifty-Fifty (1916)
Accusing Evidence (1916)
Fighting Odds (1917)
A Modern Musketeer (1917)
Panthea (1917)
Headin' South (1918)
Mr. Fix-It (1918)
Bound in Morocco (1918)
He Comes Up Smiling (1918)
Cheating Cheaters (1919)
Soldiers of Fortune (1919)

1920s

The Luck of the Irish (1920)
The Scoffer (1920)
The Forbidden Thing (1920)
A Splendid Hazard (1920)
A Perfect Crime (1921)
The Sin of Martha Queed (1921)
A Broken Doll (1921)
The Hidden Woman (1922)
Robin Hood (1922)
Lawful Larceny (1923)
Zaza (1923)
Big Brother (1923)
A Society Scandal (1924)
Manhandled (1924)
Her Love Story (1924)
Wages of Virtue (1924)
Argentine Love (1924)
The Coast of Folly (1925)
Night Life of New York (1925)
Stage Struck (1925)
Sea Horses (1926)
Padlocked (1926)
Tin Gods (1926)
Summer Bachelors (1926)
The Music Master (1927)
The Joy Girl (1927)
East Side, West Side (1927)
French Dressing (1927)
The Big Noise (1928)
The Iron Mask (1929)
Tide of Empire (1929)
The Far Call (1929)
Frozen Justice (1929)
South Sea Rose (1929)

1930s

What a Widow! (1930)
Man to Man (1930)
Chances (1931)
Wicked (1931)
While Paris Sleeps (1932)
Her First Affaire (1932)
Counsel's Opinion (1933)
I Spy (1934)
Black Sheep (1935)
Navy Wife (1935)
Song and Dance Man (1936)
Human Cargo (1936)
High Tension (1936)
15 Maiden Lane (1936)
Woman-Wise (1937)
That I May Live (1937)
One Mile from Heaven (1937)
Heidi (1937)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Suez (1938)
Josette (1938)
The Three Musketeers (1939)
The Gorilla (1939)

1940s

Frontier Marshal (1939)
Sailor's Lady (1940)
Young People (1940)
Trail of the Vigilantes (1940)
Look Who's Laughing (1941)
Rise and Shine (1941)
Friendly Enemies (1942)
Here We Go Again (1942)
Around the World (1943)
Abroad with Two Yanks (1944)
Up in Mabel's Room (1944)
Brewster's Millions (1945)
Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)
Rendezvous with Annie (1946)
Calendar Girl (1947)
Northwest Outpost (1947)
Driftwood (1947)
The Inside Story (1948)
Angel in Exile (1948)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

1950s

Surrender (1950)
Belle Le Grand (1951)
The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)
I Dream of Jeanie (1952)
Montana Belle (1952)
Woman They Almost Lynched (1953)
Sweethearts on Parade (1953)
Flight Nurse (1953)
Silver Lode (1954)
Passion (1954)
Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
Escape to Burma (1955)
Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
Tennessee's Partner (1955)
Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Hold Back the Night (1956)
The River's Edge (1957)
The Restless Breed (1957)
Enchanted Island (1958)

1960s

Most Dangerous Man Alive (1961)

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