Clarence is a 1922 American silent comedy drama, based on a play by Booth Tarkington, produced by Famous PlayersLasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille and starred Wallace Reid in his penultimate screen appearance.
The father of a quirky family, the Wheelers, hires an exsoldier, Clarence Reid, as a handyman. Clarence falls for the familys governess, Violet Ayres.Mrs. Wheeler Williams suspects that Violet and her husband Martindel are carrying on, and Mrs. Wheeler begins to develop an attraction to Clarence. Hubert Stem Menjou, Mr. Wheelers avaricious private secretary, one day shows Mr. Wheeler an article about one Charles Smith, an army deserter, and insists that Clarence is in actuality Charles Smith. ........
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