Blue Skies

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.

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60 min

Cast

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.

Dickie Moore

Director

Alfred L. Werker