The Frisky Mrs. Johnson is a 1920 American silent comedy film starring Billie Burke. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1903 Broadway stage play by Clyde Fitch. On the stage Burke's part was played by Amelia Bingham. Burke's next to last silent film.
Plot As summarized in a film publication, Mrs. Belle Johnson is a widow and has a married sister Grace Morley who is unhappy and is having an affair with Sir Lionel Heathcote. Belle tries to keep them apart to save her sister's reputation. Frank Morley, a brother of Grace's husband and a previous love of Belle, returns and soon he and Belle are in love again and planning to elope. At the same time Grace is planning on running off with Heathcote, and a note sent to her is found by her husband Jim. Jim follows his wife Grace to Heathcote's apartment, but Belle gets there ahead of them and pretends that the note was meant for her. Franks hears of this and wants nothing more with Belle. Eventually, Grace decides that she cannot let her sister sacrifice her happiness and tells her husband the truth. Frank goes back with Belle, and Grace says that she is getting a divorce so that she can marry Heathcote.
Cast Billie Burke as Belle Johnson Ward Crane as Jim Morley Jane Warrington as Grace Morley Lumsden Hare as Frank Morley Huntley Gordon as Sir Lionel Heathcote Jean De Briac as Max Dendeau Robert Agnew as Lal Birkenread Leonora von Ottinger as Mrs. Birkenread Emily Fitzroy as Mrs. Chardley
Preservation As none of copies were able to locate, the film is presumed lost.The Frisky Mrs. Johnson at silent era.comThe Frisky Mrs. Johnson as produced on Broadway by Amelia Bingham at the Princess Theatre February 9, 1903 to April 1903, 80 performances;IBDb.com
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