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Bringing Up Betty
(1919) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4980 feet
Directed by Oscar Apfel

Cast: Evelyn Greeley, Lyster Chambers, Reginald Denny, Ben Johnson, Grace Carlyle, Joseph Weber, Maude Turner Gordon, Oliver Smith, Grace Hansen, Morgan Wallace

World Film Corporation production; distributed by World Film Corporation. / Scenario by Clara S. Beranger, from a screen story by Charles Sarver. Cinematography by Alfred Gondolfi. / © 28 July 1919 by World Film Corporation [LU14006]. Released 28 July 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / According to a contemporary notice in Motion Picture News, Max Schneider was erroneously given credit for the film’s cinematography.

Comedy-Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.0486.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 21 April 2010.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0486; Brownlow-Parade p. 454.