Blue Skies
16/03/1929
Better known for her work in talkie "weepers," Helen Twelvetrees made a few preliminary appearances in such late silent films as Fox's Blue Skies. The audience was expected to believe that the twentysomething Twelvetrees and Frank Albertson are teenagers living together platonically in an orphan asylum. A wealthy old man comes calling to adopt Albertson -- who, feeling sorry for Twelvetrees, trades places with the girl. Thus it is that the heroine is carted off to a luxurious mansion, while Albertson remains behind. One year later, the old man discovers Albertson's deception, whereupon he invites the boy to live with him as well. By this time, Twelvetrees and Albertson are of marriageable age, thus the film ends with a wedding in the offing.
Movie Information
Carmencita Johnson
as Dorothy May (age 6) (episode 1)
Freddie Burke Frederick
as Richard Lewis (age 8)
Ethel Wales
as Matron (episode 1)
Helen Twelvetrees
as Dorothy May (episode 2)
Frank Albertson
as Richard Lewis (episode 2)
Rosa Gore
as Nellie Crouch (episode 2)
William Orlamond
as Janitor
E.H. Calvert
as Mr. Semple Jones (episode 1)
Evelyn Hall
as Mrs. Semple Jones (episode 1)
Claude King
as Richard Danforth (episode 2)
Adele Watson
as First Assistant Matron (episode 1)
Helen Jerome Eddy
as Second Assistant Matron (episode 2)
Coy Watson Jr.
as
Dickie Moore
as
