That Certain Thing (film)
That Certain Thing is a 1928 silent film comedy directed by Frank Capra. It was Capra's first film for Harry Cohn's Columbia Pictures.
Plot
Molly Kelly intends to marry a millionaire. When she meets Andy Charles Jr., heir to a restaurant fortune, she sees her chance and marries him. Upon discovering the marriage, Andy's father becomes irate and disinherits his son. Andy attempts life as a ditch-digger to support his wife, but the results are not what he had hoped for.Cast
- Viola Dana as Molly Kelly
- Ralph Graves as Andy B. Charles Jr.
- Burr McIntosh as A.B. Charles Sr.
- Aggie Herring as Maggie Kelly
- Carl Gerard as Secretary Brooks
- Syd Crossley as Valet
Preservation status
- Prints survive in the Library of Congress Packard Campus collection, George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection, UCLA Film and Television Archives, National Archives of Canada, and the Cineteca Del Friuli.