Pretty Smooth (1919)
"To Know her is to lose your heart. your watch & chain, too."
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Gertie Jones, known among other thieves as "The Chatterbox" because she talks to herself while she works, becomes a rich woman's French maid after learning about her employer's $40,000 diamond necklace. To cover up the scratches left by her tools after she unsuccessfully tries to open the safe containing the necklace, Gertie telephones the police to report an attempted burglary. Jimmy Hartigan, a famous thief, arrives and after he and Gertie fall in love at first sight, he is arrested.
- Release date
- June 16, 1919
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Priscilla Dean as Gertie Jones
- Francis McDonald as Jimmy Hartigan
- George A. McDaniel as Mr. Hanson
- Gertrude Astor as Mrs. Hanson
- Walt Whitman as Ex-convict
- Clara Greenwood as Nellie
- Josef Swickard as Judge
- Milton Ross as Kersey
Crew
- Rollin S. Sturgeon · Director
- Bayard Veiller · Writer
- Waldemar Young · Writer
- Alfred Gosden · Cinematographer