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  • Pretty Smooth (1919)
  • 60 min | Crime, Comedy
Pretty Smooth (1919)
60 min | Crime, Comedy

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 ...See moreGertie 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. After Gertie helps Jimmy escape from prison, they move to New York and continue their illegal endeavors until they see Gertie's sister, whose time in prison has left her consumptive, and a famous crook, now a broken wreck, and decide to go straight for each other's sake. As the "Harts," they buy a farm in New Jersey after foiling the plans of a crooked real estate promoter. When Kersey, a detective on Jimmy's trail, arrives, Jimmy and Gertie pretend to save him from two escaped convicts. The grateful detective, believing that the "Harts" have reformed, refuses to recognize them as the "Hartigans." Written by AFI See less
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Director
Rollin S. Sturgeon (as Rollin Sturgeon)
Writers
Bayard Veiller (story) | Waldemar Young (scenario)
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Updated Jun 16, 1919

Release date
Jun 16, 1919 (United States)

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8 cast members
Name Known for
Priscilla Dean
Gertie Jones Gertie Jones   See fewer
Francis McDonald
Jimmy Hartigan Jimmy Hartigan   See fewer
George A. McDaniel
Mr. Hanson (as George McDaniels) Mr. Hanson (as George McDaniels)   See fewer
Gertrude Astor
Mrs. Hanson Mrs. Hanson   See fewer
Walt Whitman
Ex-convict Ex-convict   See fewer
Clara Greenwood
Nellie (as Claire Greenwood) Nellie (as Claire Greenwood)   See fewer
Josef Swickard
Judge (as Joseph Swickard) Judge (as Joseph Swickard)   See fewer
Milton Ross
Kersey (as H. Milton Ross) Kersey (as H. Milton Ross)   See fewer
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