TY - SER
KW - chemists
KW - hypochondria
AU - F. McGrew Willis
AB - A silent film adaptation of the novel, <em>The Nervous Wreck</em> (1923), about Henry Williams (Harrison Ford), a Pittsburgh chemist who seeks to cure his hypochondria at an Arizona dude ranch. Pittsburgh becomes a running joke among the Westerners: “Pittsburgh! I'm tired of hearing about Pittsburgh. You'd think the sun rose and set in Pittsburgh.”
C1 - 1920s
C2 - unpublished
C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh
C4 - Comedy; Psychological; Romance; Western
LA - English
M3 - Screenplay
N1 - Based on the novel by E. J. Rath, which is a pseudonym of J. Chauncey Corey Brainerd (1874-1922) and Edith Rathbone Brainerd (1885-1922).
N2 - A silent film adaptation of the novel, <em>The Nervous Wreck</em> (1923), about Henry Williams (Harrison Ford), a Pittsburgh chemist who seeks to cure his hypochondria at an Arizona dude ranch. Pittsburgh becomes a running joke among the Westerners: “Pittsburgh! I'm tired of hearing about Pittsburgh. You'd think the sun rose and set in Pittsburgh.”
PY - 1926
RN - F. McGrew Willis (1891-1957), born in Iowa, was a screenwriter with more than 100 film credits. He died in California.
TI - The Nervous Wreck
ER -