After Business Hours (1925)
Directed with panache by Malcom St. Clair, this film was a real feather in the cap of fledgling Columbia Pictures. Stage luminary Lou Tellegan plays a stingy husband who refuses to entrust his wife Elaine Hammerstein with a cent. The disgruntled Elaine turns to shoplifting, which nearly leads her into a disastrous extramarital affair with John Patrick. Ex-Sennett bathing beauty Phyllis Haver steals the show as a profligate flapper. After Business Hours was the first Columbia production to open in a "prestige" New York theater; two years later, director Frank Capra would further elevate the poverty row studio's stock in the industry. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Lou Tellegen, Elaine Hammerstein, (more)
- Director(s):
- Malcolm St. Clair
Synopsis of After Business Hours
Directed with panache by Malcom St. Clair, this film was a real feather in the cap of fledgling Columbia Pictures. Stage luminary Lou Tellegan plays a stingy husband who refuses to entrust his wife Elaine Hammerstein with a cent. The disgruntled Elaine turns to shoplifting, which nearly leads her into a disastrous extramarital affair with John Patrick. Ex-Sennett bathing beauty Phyllis Haver steals the show as a profligate flapper. After Business Hours was the first Columbia production to open in a "prestige" New York theater; two years later, director Frank Capra would further elevate the poverty row studio's stock in the industry. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of After Business Hours
- Lou Tellegen - John King
- Phyllis Haver - Sylvia Vane
- Lillian Langdon - Mrs. Wentworth
- Lee Moran - Jerry Stanton
- Elaine Hammerstein - June King
- John Patrick - Richard Downing
- William Scott - James Hendricks
- Director(s):
- Malcolm St. Clair
- Writer(s):
- Douglas Z. Doty
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