Clarence is a 1922 American silent comedy drama, based on the 1919 play by Booth Tarkington, produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille and starred Wallace Reid in his penultimate screen appearance.
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Plot
The father of a quirky family, the Wheelers, hires an ex-soldier, Clarence, as a handyman. Clarence falls for the family's governess, Violet.
Mrs. Wheeler suspects that Violet and her husband are carrying on, and Mrs. Wheeler begins to develop an attraction to Clarence. Hubert Stem, Mr. Wheeler's avaricious private secretary, one day shows Mr. Wheeler an article about Charles Short, an army deserter, and insists that Clarence is in actuality Charles Short.
Cast
Wallace Reid as Clarence Smith
Agnes Ayres as Violet Pinney
May McAvoy as Cora Wheeler
Kathlyn Williams as Mrs. Wheeler
Edward Martindel as Mr. Wheeler
Robert Agnew as Bobby Wheeler
Adolphe Menjou as Hubert Stem
Bertram Johns as Dinwiddie
Dorothy Gordon as Della
Mayme Kelso as Mrs. Martin
Preservation
With no prints of Clarence located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.