Say It with Sables

1928 film

Say It with Sables

Directed by| Frank Capra
Written by| Frank Capra (story)
Peter Milne (story)
Dorothy Howell
Produced by| Harry Cohn
Starring| Francis X. Bushman
Helene Chadwick
Margaret Livingston
Cinematography| Joseph Walker
Edited by| Arthur Roberts

Production
company

Columbia Pictures

Distributed by| Columbia Pictures

Release date

* July 13, 1928 (1928-07-13)

Running time

| 70 minutes
Country| United States
Languages| Silent film
English language

Say It with Sables is a 1928 silent drama film directed by Frank Capra and produced by Harry Cohn for Columbia Pictures. Columbia no longer has a negative or print of this film, so the film is considered a lost film. Various film festivals have run a surviving trailer for the film during retrospectives of Capra's work.[1]

## Plot

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Doug Caswell (Arthur Rankin) falls for Irene Gordon (Margaret Livingston). Irene happens to be the mistress of his wealthy father, John Caswell (Francis X. Bushman), and it's up to Doug's stepmother, Helen (Helene Chadwick), to put things right.

## Cast

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* Francis X. Bushman as John Caswell
* Helene Chadwick as Helen Caswell
* Margaret Livingston as Irene Gordon
* Arthur Rankin as Doug Caswell
* Alphonse Ethier as Mitchell (as Alphonz Ethier)
* Edna Mae Cooper as Maid[2]

## See also

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* List of lost films

## References

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1. ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List".
2. ^ "Say It with Sables (1928)". IMDb. July 13, 1928.

## External links

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* Say It With Sables at IMDB
* Say It With Sables at SilentEra
* The trailer on YouTube

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* Filmography

Films directed|

* Fultah Fisher's Boarding House (1922)
* The Strong Man (1926)
* Long Pants (1927)
* For the Love of Mike (1927)
* That Certain Thing (1928)
* So This Is Love? (1928)
* The Matinee Idol (1928)
* The Way of the Strong (1928)
* Say It with Sables (1928)
* The Power of the Press (1928)
* Submarine (1928)
* The Younger Generation (1929)
* The Donovan Affair (1929)
* Flight (1929)
* Ladies of Leisure (1930)
* Rain or Shine (1930)
* Dirigible (1931)
* The Miracle Woman (1931)
* Platinum Blonde (1931)
* Forbidden (1932)
* American Madness (1932)
* The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
* Lady for a Day (1933)
* It Happened One Night (1934)
* Broadway Bill (1934)
* Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
* Lost Horizon (1937)
* You Can't Take It with You (1938)
* Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
* Meet John Doe (1941)
* Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
* It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
* State of the Union (1948)
* Riding High (1950)
* Here Comes the Groom (1951)
* A Hole in the Head (1959)
* Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

Why We Fight series|

* Prelude to War (1942)
* The Nazis Strike (1943)
* Divide and Conquer (1943)
* The Battle of Britain (1943)
* The Battle of Russia (1943)
* The Battle of China (1944)
* War Comes to America (1945)

Other works|

* Know Your Enemy: Japan
* Here Is Germany
* Tunisian Victory
* Your Job in Germany
* Two Down and One to Go
* The Negro Soldier
* Army–Navy Screen Magazine
* The Fallbrook Story
* The Bell System Science Series
* Our Mr. Sun
* Hemo the Magnificent
* Rendezvous in Space

Related|

* Bibliography
* Liberty Films
* Frank Capra Jr. (son)
* Five Came Back (2017 documentary)
* Frank Capra: Mr. America (2023 documentary)
* Robert Riskin

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