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All Night Long
AKA War is Swell in the USA
(1924) American
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Harry Edwards

Cast: Harry Langdon [Harry Hall], Natalie Kingston [Nanette, the French girl], Fanny Kelly [her mother], Vernon Dent [Gale Wyndham, a rival]

Mack Sennett Comedies production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathécomedy]. / Scenario by Vernon Smith and Hal Conklin, from a story by Arthur Ripley and Frank Capra. Cinematography by William Williams and Lee Davis. Special photographic effects by Ernie Crockett. Intertitles by John A. Waldron (J.A. Waldron). Edited by William Hornbeck. Presented by Mack Sennett. / Released 9 November 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: Over Here. The film was previewed under the title War is Swell. Langdon’s tenth film. The film was remade starring Langdon by Columbia Pictures as The Leather Necker (1935).

Comedy.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: France - History: World: World War I: 28 July 1914-11 November 1918 - Soldiers

Listing updated: 28 May 2006.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Kerr-Silent pp. 271-272; Lahue-World p. 163; Maltin-Selected p. 68; Poague-Capra p. 235; Schelly-Langdon pp. 29, 31, 191, 216.

 
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