''Blonde or Brunette'' is a surviving 1927 silent film comedy directed by

Richard Rosson Richard Rosson (April 4, 1893 – May 31, 1953) was an American film director and actor. As an actor, he was known for the nearly 100 films he was in during the silent era. As a director, he directed the logging sequences in the 1936 film ''Co ...

, produced by

Famous Players–Lasky Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company formed on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company—originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays—and ...

and released by Paramount Pictures. It stars

Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's ''A Woman of Paris'', where he played the lead role; Stanley K ...

Greta Nissen Greta Nissen (born Grethe Rüzt-Nissen; 30 January 1906 – 15 May 1988) was a Norwegian-American film and stage actress. Stage and screen actress Born Grethe Rüzt-Nissen in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, Nissen was originally a dancer. While ...

and Arlette Marchal. Copy held at Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at the Library of Congress'', p.18 c.1978 by the American Film Institute

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as Henri Martel *

as Fanny * Arlette Marchal as Blanche *

Mary Carr Mary Carr (née Kenevan; March 14, 1874 – June 24, 1973), was an American film actress and was married to the actor William Carr. She appeared in more than 140 films between 1915 and 1956. She was given some of filmdoms plum mother roles in ...

as Grandmother *Evelyn Sherman as Mother-in-Law *

Emile Chautard Emil or Emile may refer to: Literature *'' Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life *'' Emil and the Detecti ...

as Father-in-Law *

Paul Weigel Paul Weigel (18 February 1867 – 25 May 1951) was a German-American actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1916 and 1945. Selected filmography * '' Naked Hearts'' (1916) - Cecil's Father * '' Each Pearl a Tear'' (1916) - Roger ...

as Butler *

Henry Sedley Henry Sedley may refer to: * Henry Sedley (actor) * Henry Sedley (journalist) * Sir Henry Sedley, 3rd Baronet, of the Sedley baronets There have been three baronetcies created for members of the Sedley ( otherwise Sidley) family of Kent, all in ...

as Turney *Andre Lanoy as Hubert *Henri Menjou as Detective

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Blonde or Brunette @ IMDb.comsynopsis AllMovie.com
1927 films 1927 comedy films American silent feature films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Richard Rosson 1920s English-language films Paramount Pictures films 1920s American films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub

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