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The Patent Leather Kid
(1927) United States of America
B&W : 12 reels / 11,955 feet
Directed by Alfred Santell
Cast: Richard Barthelmess [‘The Patent Leather Kid’], Molly O’Day [Curley Boyle, the Golden Dancer], Lawford Davidson [Lieutenant Hugo Breen], Mathew Betz [Jake Stuke], Arthur Stone [Jimmy Kinch], Raymond Turner (Ray Turner) [‘Mobile Molasses’], Hank Mann [the sergeant], Walter James [Officer Riley], Lucien Prival [the German officer], Nigel de Brulier [the French doctor], Fred O’Beck [a member of the tank crew], Clifford Salam [a member of the tank crew], Henry Murdock [a member of the tank crew], Charles Sullivan [a member of the tank crew], John Kolb [a member of the tank crew], Al Alborn (Al Alleborn) [a member of the tank crew], Billy Bletcher [a boxing fan], Mike Tellegen
First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated [An Alfred Santell Production; A First National Picture]. / Scenario by Winifred Dunn, from an adaptation by Adela Rogers St. Johns of the short story “The Patent Leather Kid” by Rupert Hughes. Production management by Al Rockett and Ray Rockett. Makeup by Fred C. Ryle. Cinematography by Ralph Hammeras, Alvin Knechtel and Arthur Edeson. Intertitles written by Gerald C. Duffy. Presented by Richard A. Rowland. / © 29 December 1927 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP24816]. World premiere, 15 August 1927 at the Globe Theatre in New York, New York. Released 1 September 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Dorothy Mackaill was originally announced at costar but was replaced at Barthelmess’ insistence. Some location cinematography was taken at Fort Lewis, Pierce County, Washington. / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Cineteca Nazionale film archive [35mm nitrate positive]; in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm acetate duplicate negative]; in the Pacific Film Archive film archive [16mm reduction positive]; in the George Eastman Museum film archive; and in private film collections [8mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Athletes: Boxers - Sports: Boxing - War: Soldiers
Listing updated: 1 February 2024.
References: Everson-American pp. 198, 283; Geduld-Birth p. 147; Katchmer-Eighty pp. 17, 22; Lahue-Gentlemen pp. 26, 31; Limbacher-Feature p. 186; Sweeney-Coming p. 110 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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