That Certain Thing is a 1928 silent film comedy directed by Frank Capra. It was Capra's first film for Harry Cohn's Columbia Pictures.
Plot
Molly Kelly (Viola Dana) intends to marry a millionaire. When she meets Andy Charles, Jr. (Ralph Graves), heir to a restaurant fortune, she sees her chance and marries him. Upon discovering the marriage, Andy's father (Burr McIntosh) becomes irate and disinherits his son. Andy attempts life as a ditch-digger to support his wife, but the results are not what he had hoped for.
Cast
Viola Dana as Molly Kelly
Ralph Graves as Andy B. Charles, Jr. Burr McIntosh as A.B. Charles, Sr. Aggie Herring as Maggie Kelly Carl Gerard as Secretary Brooks Syd Crossley as Valet
Preservation status
Prints survive in the Library of Congress Packard Campus collection, George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection, UCLA Film and Television Archives, National Archives of Canada(Ottawa), and the Cineteca Del Friuli(Gemona).