Main Cast: Lou Tellegen, Elaine Hammerstein, Phyllis Haver, John Patrick, Lillian Langdon
Release Year: 1925
Country: US
Run Time: 6rl minutes
Plot
Directed with panache by Malcom St. Clair, this film was a real feather in the cap of fledgling Columbia Pictures. Stage luminary Lou Tellegan plays a stingy husband who refuses to entrust his wife Elaine Hammerstein with a cent. The disgruntled Elaine turns to shoplifting, which nearly leads her into a disastrous extramarital affair with John Patrick. Ex-Sennett bathing beauty Phyllis Haver steals the show as a profligate flapper. After Business Hours was the first Columbia production to open in a "prestige" New York theater; two years later, director Frank Capra would further elevate the poverty row studio's stock in the industry. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Malcolm St. Clair - Director, Errol Taggart - Editor, Dewey Wrigley - Cinematographer, Walter Anthony - Intertitle Writer, Douglas Z. Doty - Screenwriter, Ethel Watts Mumford - Short Story Author
