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Three’s a Crowd
AKA [Patches]
(1927) American
B&W : Six reels / 5668 feet
Directed by Harry Langdon

Cast: Harry Langdon [the odd fellow], Gladys McConnell [the girl], Cornelius Keefe [the man], Helen Hayward, Henry Barrows, Frances Raymond, Agnes Steele, Brooks Benedict, Bobby Young, Julia Brown, Joe Butterworth, Fred Warren, John Kolb, Arthur Thalasso

Harry Langdon Corporation production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Scenario by Arthur Ripley + [Frank Capra], from an adaptation by James Langdon and Robert Eddy of a story by Arthur Ripley. Cinematography by Elgin Lessley and Frank Evans. / © 17 August 1927 [LP24303]. Released 28 August 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: Gratitude. Song “Body and Soul” by John W. Green. The film’s title was changed from Patches before release. / Silent film.

Comedy.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.5682.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Listing updated: 13 November 2004.

References: AFI-F2 n. F2.5682; Bardèche-History p. 291; Brownlow-Parade pp. 439, 442; Kerr-Silent pp. 278, 281-282, 284-285, 286; Limbacher-Feature p. 251; Maltin-Selected p. 68; McBride-Capra p. 722; Poague-Capra p. 121; Schelly-Langdon pp. 97-99, 100, 101-103, 104, 105, 107-113, 114, 115, 122, 123, 125, 126, 127-128, 134, 136, 143, 220.

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