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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Say It Again
| name = Say It Again
| image =File:Say It Again (film).jpg
| image = Say It Again (film).jpg
| caption =
| caption = Lobby card
| director = [[Gregory La Cava]]
| director = [[Gregory La Cava]]
| producer = [[Adolph Zukor]]<br>[[Jesse Lasky]]
| producer = [[Adolph Zukor]]<br>[[Jesse Lasky]]
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| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1926|05|31}}
| released = {{Film date|1926|05|31}}
| runtime = 80 minutes; 8 reels
| runtime = 80 minutes; 8 [[film reel|reels]]
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = Silent film(English intertitles)
| language = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s)
}}
}}
'''''Say It Again''''' is a [[lost film|lost]]<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8927/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''Say It Again'']</ref> 1926 silent film comedy-romance produced by [[Famous Players–Lasky]] and released through [[Paramount Pictures]]. It starred [[Richard Dix]] and was directed by [[Gregory La Cava]].<ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c.1971</ref><ref>[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneparamountpictures.html ''Say It Again'' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: ''Paramount Pictures'' 1926]</ref>
'''''Say It Again''''' is a 1926 American [[silent film|silent]] [[romantic comedy film]] produced by [[Famous Players–Lasky]] and released through [[Paramount Pictures]]. It starred [[Richard Dix]] and was directed by [[Gregory La Cava]].<ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c.1971</ref><ref>[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneparamountpictures.html ''Say It Again'' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: ''Paramount Pictures'' 1926]</ref>

==Plot==
As described in a film magazine,<ref>{{cite journal |title=New Pictures: ''Say It Again'' |journal=Exhibitors Herald |volume=25 |issue=09 |pages=138 |publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company |location=Chicago, Illinois |date=15 May 1926 |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald25unse/page/n1425/mode/1up |access-date=22 May 2024}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> during the [[World War I|World War]], the queen of Spenozia turns her chateau into a hospital. Princess Elena, who is nursing there, falls in love with Bob Howard, one of the patients whose face she cannot see because of his bandages. When the [[Armistice of 11 November 1918|Armistice]] comes, Bob returns to America, but after a year or two starts back to Europe to find the nurse. He is mistaken for the crown prince, and, not speaking Spenozian, does not understand what has happened. The people discover Bob is an imposter and a revolution occurs despite the man’s attempts to admit he is not the prince. He saves the Princess Elena, and she, realizing he is the soldier she loved in the hospital, flees with him back to America.


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Richard Dix]] - Bob Howard
*[[Richard Dix]] as Bob Howard
*[[Alyce Mills]] - Princess Elena
*[[Alyce Mills]] as Princess Elena
*[[Chester Conklin]] - Prince Otto V
*[[Chester Conklin]] as Prince Otto V
*[[Gunboat Smith]] - Gunner Jones
*[[Gunboat Smith]] as Gunner Jones
*Bernard Randall - Baron Ertig
*Bernard Randall as Baron Ertig
*[[Paul Porcasi]] - Count Tanza
*[[Paul Porcasi]] as Count Tanza
*[[Ida Waterman]] - Marguerite
*[[Ida Waterman]] as Marguerite
*[[William Ricciardi]] - Prime Minister Stemmler
*[[William Ricciardi]] as Prime Minister Stemmler

==Preservation==
With no prints of ''Say It Again'' located in any film archives,<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8927/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Say It Again'']</ref> it is a [[lost film]].


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|tt0017349}}
*{{IMDb title|tt0017349}}
*{{Allmovie|108968|synopsis for Say It Again}}
*{{Allmovie|108968|Synopsis}}


{{Gregory La Cava}}
{{Gregory La Cava}}

Revision as of 22:52, 22 May 2024

Say It Again
Lobby card
Directed byGregory La Cava
Written byRay Harris (story & screenplay)
Luther Reed (story)
Richard M. Friel
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
StarringRichard Dix
Alyce Mills
CinematographyEdward Cronjager
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • May 31, 1926 (1926-05-31)
Running time
80 minutes; 8 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Say It Again is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. It starred Richard Dix and was directed by Gregory La Cava.[1][2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[3] during the World War, the queen of Spenozia turns her chateau into a hospital. Princess Elena, who is nursing there, falls in love with Bob Howard, one of the patients whose face she cannot see because of his bandages. When the Armistice comes, Bob returns to America, but after a year or two starts back to Europe to find the nurse. He is mistaken for the crown prince, and, not speaking Spenozian, does not understand what has happened. The people discover Bob is an imposter and a revolution occurs despite the man’s attempts to admit he is not the prince. He saves the Princess Elena, and she, realizing he is the soldier she loved in the hospital, flees with him back to America.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Say It Again located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.

References

  1. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  2. ^ Say It Again at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1926
  3. ^ "New Pictures: Say It Again". Exhibitors Herald. 25 (09). Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 138. May 15, 1926. Retrieved May 22, 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Say It Again


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