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Eddie Cantor (center).
Photo: Silent Era low-res collection. |
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(1927) American
B&W : Six reels / 5524 feet
Directed by William Goodrich (Roscoe Arbuckle)
Cast: Eddie Cantor, Jobyna Ralston, William Powell, Louis Stern, Mabel Julienne Scott, Donald Keith, Jack Dougherty, Victor Potel, Paul Kelly, Mary Carr, Doris Deane
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. Associate producer B.P. Schulberg. Scenario by John Goodrich, from a story by Eddie Cantor. Assistant directors Henry Hathaway, Vernon Keays and Larry Semon. Cinematography by Henry Hallenberger. Intertitles by George Marion Jr. Edited by Louis D. Lighton. / © 26 March 1927 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation. Released 6 May 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Paramount production number 630. The film was in production from 27 December 1926 through 4 February 1927. Cantor’s second feature film; Powell’s 23rd film. Edmonds-Arbuckle p. 235 notes that Larry Semon was brought in by Paramount as an assistant director to Arbuckle. / Silent film.
Comedy.
Survival Status: (unknown)
Listing updated: 22 October 2004.
References: Edmonds-Arbuckle pp. 235, 275-276; Quirk-Powell pp. 72-74 : ClasIm-301 p. 13.
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