Reggie Mixes In

1916 silent film by Christy Cabanne

Douglas Fairbanks
Bessie Love

CinematographyWilliam Fildew

Production
company

Fine Arts Film Company

Distributed byTriangle Film Corporation

Release date

June 11, 1916 (1916-06-11) (U.S.)

Running time

50 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Reggie Mixes In, also known as Facing the Music,^[1]^[2] is an American 1916 silent action/comedy-drama film starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Christy Cabanne.^[3] The film was produced by Fine Arts Film Company and distributed by Triangle Film Corporation.^[4] The film is extant and in the public domain.^[4]

Plot

Wealthy Reggie Morton (Fairbanks) falls in love with Agnes Shannon (Love), a dancer on the Bowery, and takes a job as a bouncer to be near her. His rival is Tony Bernard (Lowery), the leader of a gang, whose henchmen attack Reggie. Reggie fights them off, and then fights the gang leader in an empty warehouse to determine the winner of Agnes's love.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks as Reggie Morton
Bessie Love as Agnes Shannon
Joseph Singleton as Old Pickleface
William Lowery as Tony Bernard
Wilbur Higby as Gallagher
Allan Sears as Sylvester Ringrose
Lillian Langdon as Reggie's Aunt Susan
Alma Rubens as Lemona Reighley
Alberta Lee as Agnes' Mother
Tom Wilson as The Bouncer

Production

The working title for the film was The Bouncer. The film was predominantly made in a studio,^[8] although some scenes were filmed in Newport in Orange County in 1916.^[9]

Reception

Douglas Fairbanks received positive reviews for his performance, while Bessie Love's reviews were mixed.^[10]^[11]

References

^ Love, Bessie (1977). From Hollywood with Love: An Autobiography of Bessie Love. London: Elm Tree Books. p. 148. OCLC 734075937.
^ "Answers to Correspondents". The Picture Show. Vol. 24. October 11, 1919.
^ "Music for the Picture". The Moving Picture World. Vol. 28. June 24, 1916. p. 223.
^ ^a ^b Bennett, Carl (September 24, 2013). "Progressive Silent Film List: Reggie Mixes In". Silent Era. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
^ Fairbanks, Douglas; Creel, George (1917). Laugh and Love. p. 174.
^ "Reggie Mixes In". Descriptive Catalogue of Pathescope De Luxe Special Features. Pathescope Co. of America, Inc. pp. 13–14.
^ "Triangle Film Corporation". The Moving Picture World. Vol. 28. June 17, 1916. p. 2112.
^ Goessel, Tracey (October 1, 2015). First King of Hollywood: The Life of Douglas Fairbanks. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-61373-407-0.
^ Sleeper, Jim (1980). "Saltwater Taffy". Great Movies Shot in Orange County. Trabuco Canyon, CA: California Classics. p. 44. OCLC 7358612.
^ "Tests a New 'Gasoline.'; Edison's Man Finds Mysterious Mixture Put in Water Was Acetone". The New York Times. May 29, 1916. Miss Love has some skill to commend her as a movie actress, but she should learn that panting in a close-up doesn't resemble deep emotion.
^ "Triangle Stars on June List". The Moving Picture World. June 10, 1916. p. 1893. she scores heavily in the part