Going Up (film)

Going Up is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Douglas MacLean, Hallam Cooley and Marjorie Daw.^[1] It was based on a 1917 comedy Broadway play The Aviator.

Going Up
Directed by	Lloyd Ingraham
Written by	Raymond Griffith Otto A. Harbach Louis A. Hirsch
Based on	The Aviator by James Montgomery
Produced by	Douglas MacLean
Starring	Douglas MacLean Hallam Cooley Marjorie Daw
Cinematography	Ross Fisher
Production company	Douglas MacLean Productions
Distributed by	Associated Exhibitors
Release date	September 30, 1923 (1923-09-30)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

A contemporary cinema lobby decorated for the film

Plot

The author of a series of bestselling novels about aviation has falsely gained a reputation as an expert pilot, despite having a phobia of planes and no real experience. However, when he is challenged by a genuine expert to a race with a rival in love, he accepts and triumphs.

Cast

• Douglas MacLean as Robert Street
• Hallam Cooley as Hopkinson Brown
• Arthur Stuart Hull as James Brooks
• Francis McDonald as Jules Gaillard
• Hughie Mack as Sam Robinson
• Wade Boteler as John Gordon
• John Steppling as William Douglas
• Mervyn LeRoy as The Bellboy
• Marjorie Daw as Grace Douglas
• Edna Murphy as Madeline Manners
• Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Douglas

Preservation

With no prints of Going Up located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.^[2]