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Smooth as Satin
Smooth as Satin
	Film still
Directed by	Ralph Ince
Written by	Fred Myton; Bayard Veiller (play)
Starring	Evelyn Brent
Cinematography	Silvano Balboni
Production; company	Robertson-Cole Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America (FBO)
Release date	June 14, 1925;
Running time	60 minutes; 6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Smooth as Satin is a 1925 American silent drama film based upon the stage play, The Chatterbox, by Bayard Veiller. It was directed by Ralph Ince and stars Evelyn Brent.^[1]^[2] The film was remade in 1930, entitled Alias French Gertie.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,^[3] Gertie Jones, known as the "perfect maid," finds herself unable to open her mistress' safe and finds Jimmy Hartigan is also in the house after the necklace. Police enter and Hartigan prevents the young woman from being arrested by sacrificing his own freedom. While in the penitentiary he marries Gertie. They decide to take the loot they have and invest it in business, but their friends scam them. To get their money back, they hold up the couple on the road. They are caught by the police, but are saved by Chicago Red, who has something on the detective. Gertie and Jimmy decide to return to the straight and narrow.

Cast

Evelyn Brent as Gertie Jones
Bruce Gordon as Jimmy Hartigan
Fred Kelsey as Kersey
Fred Esmelton as Bill Munson
Mabel Van Buren as Mrs. Munson
John Gough as Henderson

Preservation

With no prints of Smooth as Satin located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.

References

^ "Silent Era: Smooth as Satin". silentera.com. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
^ Kear, Lynn (2009). Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook. p. 144. ISBN 978-0-7864-4363-5.
^ "New Pictures: Speed", Exhibitors Herald, 21 (13): 50, June 20, 1925, retrieved April 9, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ "Smooth as Satin". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.