Upstream
AKA Footlight Glamour in the United Kingdom
(1927) American
B&W : Six reels / 5510 feet
Directed by John Ford

Cast: Nancy Nash [?] [Gertie King or Gertie Ryan]?, Earle Foxe [Eric Brasingham], Grant Withers [Jack La Velle], Lydia Yeamans Titus [Miss Hattie Breckenridge], Raymond Hitchcock [the star boarder], Emile Chautard [Campbell Mandare], Sammy Cohen [Callahan and Callahan team dancer], Ted McNamara [Callahan and Callahan team dancer], Judy King [sister team dancer], Lillian Worth [sister team dancer], Jane Winton [soubrette], Harry Bailey [Gus Hoffman], Francis Ford [juggler], Ely Reynolds [Deerfoot]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Randall H. Faye, from the short story “The Snake’s Wife” by Wallace Smith. Wardrobe (costume design) by Sam Benson. Assistant director Edward O’Fearna. Cinematography by Charles G. Clarke. Presented by William Fox. / © 23 January 1927 by Fox Film Corporation [LP23638]. Released 30 January 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Silent film.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival Status: The film is presumed lost.

Keywords: Actors - Boarding houses - Dancers - Ego - Juggling: Jugglers - Knife-throwing - United Kingdom: England: London - Vaudeville - Weddings: Receptions

Listing updated: 7 April 2006.

References: Gallagher-Ford p. 37; Sinclair-Ford p. 238 : ClasIm-225 p. C8 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.