Metro; 1919; dir: Edwin Carewe; cast: Bert Lytell, Gertrude Selby, Frank Currier, Bull Montana. Vintage original U.S. 7.5 x 9.5 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm.) double-weight still photograph, untrimmed, very fine condition. This Metro silent film comedy features veteran silent film star Bert Lytell as the carefree son of a wealthy banker. The image features an interior medium shot of stars Gertrude Selby (as Ethel Wheeler) and Bert Lytell (Jimmy Slocum, Jr.) inside Jimmy's office as he looks at a young girl holding a doll while an well-dressed older man holds a baby girl next to him. This vintage original still photograph was printed on double-weight stock and features sharp detail and rich contrast. The negative number (46/59) appears in the lower right corner. The film's plot: Jimmy Slocum, whose wealthy father continually pays his speeding fines and loses bets to him, wins a $1,000 bet with his father that Katherine Fowler, whom his father wants him to marry, does not love him. Jimmy then wins a $25,000 bet that he can keep from being arrested more than once in the coming year by getting a twelve-month jail sentence for fighting in a bar and then sassing the judge. He is released early, however, due to his father's efforts and vows to succeed on his own. He gets stranded in a small town where he falls in love with Ethel Wheeler, the owner of a rundown hotel, and with her makes a fortune selling mineral water found on her property. When the town banker tries to foreclose on them, Jimmy opens his own bank with the $25,000, marries Ethel and gains the respect of his father for his success.

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