The Opening Night

The Opening Night

55 mins | Drama | Nov. 14, 1927

When theatrical producer Robert Chandler (E. Alyn Warren), believed drowned in a fishing accident, turns up as a lonely, broken amnesiac three months later, he arrives just in time to see his actress wife Carol Chandler (Claire Windsor), thought to be a widow, marrying her leading man Jimmy Keane (John Bowers). Rather than mar her new-found happiness, he takes a job washing cars. New York City is a small town. Will Carol need her car washed?

The Opening Night

55 mins | Drama | Nov. 14, 1927

The Opening Night
When theatrical producer Robert Chandler (E. Alyn Warren), believed drowned in a fishing accident, turns up as a lonely, broken amnesiac three months later, he arrives just in time to see his actress wife Carol Chandler (Claire Windsor), thought to be a widow, marrying her leading man Jimmy Keane (John Bowers). Rather than mar her new-found happiness, he takes a job washing cars. New York City is a small town. Will Carol need her car washed?
Producers Columbia Pictures
Original title The Opening Night
Directors Edward H. Griffith
Writers Albert Payson Terhune, Edward H. Griffith

Cast

Claire Windsor

as Carol Chandler

John Bowers

as Jimmy Keane

E. Alyn Warren

as Robert Chandler

Grace Goodall

as Gertrude Ames

Bobbie Mack

as Aaron Hinkle (as Bobby Mack)

William Welsh

as Fisherman