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