That Certain Thing
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Directed by	Frank Capra
Written by	Frank Capra Elmer Harris
Produced by	Harry Cohn Frank Capra
Starring	Viola Dana Ralph Graves Burr McIntosh Aggie Herring
Cinematography	Joseph Walker
Edited by	Arthur Roberts
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	January 1, 1928 (1928-01-01)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States

That Certain Thing is a 1928 silent film comedy directed by Frank Capra. It was Capra's first film for Harry Cohn's Columbia Pictures.^[1]

Plot

Molly Kelly (Viola Dana) intends to marry a millionaire. When she meets Andy Charles, Jr. (Ralph Graves), heir to a restaurant fortune, she sees her chance and marries him. Upon discovering the marriage, Andy's father (Burr McIntosh) becomes irate and disinherits his son. Andy attempts life as a ditch-digger to support his wife, but the results are not what he had hoped for.

Cast

• Viola Dana as Molly Kelly
• Ralph Graves as Andy B. Charles, Jr.
• Burr McIntosh as A.B. Charles, Sr.
• Aggie Herring as Maggie Kelly
• Carl Gerard as Secretary Brooks
• Syd Crossley as Valet

Preservation status

• Prints survive in the Library of Congress Packard Campus collection, George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection, UCLA Film and Television Archives, National Archives of Canada(Ottawa), and the Cineteca Del Friuli(Gemona).^[2][3]