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The Gorilla
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Alfred Santell

Cast: Charles Murray [Garrity], Fred Kelsey [Mulligan], Walter Pidgeon [Stevens], Brooks Benedict [the reporter], Syd Crossley [the butler], Alice Day [Alice Townsend], Claude Gillingwater [Cyrus Townsend], Gaston Glass [Marsden], John Gough [the sailor], Aggie Herring [the cook], Tully Marshall [William Townsend], John Kolb [the gorilla]

First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated [A First National Picture; A First National Special]. / Produced by Alfred Santell. Scenario by Alfred A. Cohn and Harry McArthur, from a play by Ralph Spence. Production management by Edward Small. Cinematography by Arthur Edeson. Intertitles written by Al Boasberg and Sidney Lazarus. Presented by Asher, Small and Rogers. / Released 13 November 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / A sound remake was made in 1930. / Silent film.

[?] Drama: Crime?

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder

Listing updated: 31 October 2022.

References: Everson-American p. 189, 220; Everson-Detective p. 30; Marrero-Vintage pp. 24, 30, 49 : Website-IMDb.

 
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