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The Lunatic at Large
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5521 feet
Directed by [?] Fred C. Newmeyer and/or Al Rockett?
Cast: Leon Errol [Sam Smith], Dorothy Mackaill [Beatrix Staynes], Jack Raymond [Mandell Essington], Warren Cook [Doctor Wilkins], Kenneth MacKenna [William Carroll / Henry Carroll], Tom Blake [Maxwell], Charles Slattery [Lunt], Theresa Maxwell Conover [Aunt Teddy], [?] Jack Mulhall?, [?] Eugene Keith?, [?] James F. Cullen?, [?] Rolland Flanders?
First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / From the novels The Lunatic at Large, The Lunatic at Large Again and The Lunatic Still at Large by J. Storer Clouston. Production supervision by Earl Hudson. Gag writer, Nick Barrows. Cinematography by L. William O’Connell. Special photographic effects by Ralph Hammeras. Intertitles written by Ralph Spence. / © 28 December 1926 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP23478]. Released 2 January 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Production was interrupted when Errol broke his ankle; when production resumed Rockett had replaced Newmeyer as director. The novel was previously shot as The Lunatic at Large (1921). / Silent film.
Comedy.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 26 June 2023.
References: Bohn-Light p. 109 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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