He Comes Up Smiling

He Comes Up Smiling

1918 · 50 min · ★ 5.5 · Comedy

Jerry Martin quits his dull job as a bank clerk and falls in with a band of hobos. He takes on the guise of Bachelor, the "king of the market," and finds himself pursued by dangerous men who are after the real Bachelor. *Only fragments are known to exist. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

Directed by Allan Dwan · Written by Frances Marion

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