• Director(s)

    Frank Capra

  • Production Year

    1928

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Romance

  • Approx. running minutes

    61m

  • Cast

    Viola Dana, Ralph Graves, Burr McIntosh

Film

That Certain Thing

very mild violence, innuendo, upsetting scenes

THAT CERTAIN THING is a US silent romantic comedy, from 1928, in which a woman’s dreams of marrying a millionaire fall apart when her new husband is disinherited.…

THAT CERTAIN THING is a US silent romantic comedy, from 1928, in which a woman’s dreams of marrying a millionaire fall apart when her new husband is disinherited.

violence
One man punches another in a sequence of comic violence. A dog is falsely blamed for a wet patch on a carpet and has its nose thrust towards the stain as punishment. Other scenes contain very mild slapstick.
sex
There are very mild scenes of romance and kissing. A maid smiles to herself after seeing a ‘do not disturb’ sign on the door of a honeymooning couple’s hotel room.
theme
An upset woman is publicly mocked and called a ‘gold digger’ by her neighbours after separating from her husband. However, the situation is resolved reassuringly.
additional issues
When a man attempts to return a woman’s handkerchief, she scornfully tells him to keep it and ‘blow his brains out’. Natural rear nudity occurs during scenes in which a woman bathes two young children. Characters smoke cigarettes and cigars, reflecting the era in which the film was made, and a comic scene shows a man in a drunken state.

  • Director(s)

    Frank Capra

  • Production Year

    1928

  • Genre(s)

    Comedy, Romance

  • Approx. running minutes

    61m

  • Cast

    Viola Dana, Ralph Graves, Burr McIntosh

very mild violence, innuendo, upsetting scenes
Classified Date:
08/11/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
SPHE VOD
violence
One man punches another in a sequence of comic violence. A dog is falsely blamed for a wet patch on a carpet and has its nose thrust towards the stain as punishment. Other scenes contain very mild slapstick.
sex
There are very mild scenes of romance and kissing. A maid smiles to herself after seeing a ‘do not disturb’ sign on the door of a honeymooning couple’s hotel room.
theme
An upset woman is publicly mocked and called a ‘gold digger’ by her neighbours after separating from her husband. However, the situation is resolved reassuringly.
additional issues
When a man attempts to return a woman’s handkerchief, she scornfully tells him to keep it and ‘blow his brains out’. Natural rear nudity occurs during scenes in which a woman bathes two young children. Characters smoke cigarettes and cigars, reflecting the era in which the film was made, and a comic scene shows a man in a drunken state.

  • Classified date

    08/11/2024

  • Language

    English