Film

The Galloping Fish

1924 · 45m · Comedy

Freddy Wetherill and his bride, Hyla, quarrel at her mother's beach cottage, and Hyla sends her new husband home alone. Seeking distraction from his troubles, Freddy enters a vaudeville theater where Undine, "the diving Venus," and her trained seal, Bubbles, are performing. Outside the theater, Freddy meets Undine's fiancé, George Fitzgerald, and becomes involved in George's effort to hide Undine's seal from a bill collector armed with an order of attachment because of an unpaid hotel bill. Complications arise when Freddy Wetherill's dying rich uncle, Cato Dodd, notifies him that he wants Hyla to nurse him. To insure he stays in his uncle's will, Freddy substitutes Undine for Hyla and takes George along to act as his "valet." Naturally, Bubbles comes along, too. This movie is presumed to be lost.

Lucille Ricksen

Hyla Wetherill

Louise Fazenda

Undine

Ford Sterling

George Fitzgerald

Chester Conklin

Jonah

John Steppling

Cato Dodd

Truly Shattuck

Mrs. Dodd

Willie Alligator

The Alligator

Lloyd Ingraham

Process Server

Eugene Pallette

Anti-Volstead Esquire

Syd Chaplin

Freddy Wetherill

• Del AndrewsDirector
• Frank R. AdamsWriter
• William LambertWriter
• Frank L. GereghtyDirector of Photography

Release date

March 10, 1924

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

45m

Genres

Comedy