April Showers

April Showers is a 1923 American silent romantic film directed by Tom Forman starring Colleen Moore. It is not known whether the film currently survives. Plot Danny O'Rourke is the son of a police officer who was killed in the line of duty. Eager to join the police force, Danny fails his exams. The failure causes him to neglect his sweetheart Maggie, whose father is a police lieutenant. His attentions turn instead towards society girl Miriam Welton. When Danny’s sister, Shannon, is arrested for shoplifting, Danny turns to boxing to save her. He works his way towards the championship but discovers the final bought has been rigged. Danny fights anyhow and he is beaten, but it is discovered that a mistake had been made on his exams and he actually was eligible to join the police force after all. Cast Colleen Moore as Maggie Muldoon Kenneth Harlan as Danny O'Rourke Ruth Clifford as Miriam Welton Priscilla Bonner as Shannon O'Rourke Myrtle Vane as Mrs. O'Rourke James Corrigan as Matt Gallagher Jack Byron as Flash Irwin Ralph Faulkner as Champ Sullivan Tom McGuire as Lieutenant Muldoon Norman Selby as Ring Manager (as Kid McCoy) Danny Goodman as Ring Manager Background Filmed in early [1923], April Showers would bring Colleen to the Mayer-Schulberg Studio (formerly the Selig studio). April Showers followed The Nth Commandment, and it was an old-fashioned romantic story billed as having “…the ‘all-Irish-all-star’ cast. The January 23 Los Angeles Times ran a story entitled “She Couldn't Keep Down Her Irish Blood,” which concerned the making of April Showers and managed to tap into the "Irish" persona she had cultivated: