''Detectives'' is a 1928
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...
comedy produced and distributed by
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and abbreviated as MGM, is an American film, television production, distribution and media company owned by Amazon through MGM Holdings, founded on April 17, 1924 ...
. It was directed by Chester Franklin with elements of the old-house melodrama genre. The film is another outing for
Karl Dane,
George K. Arthur and
Marceline Day. Clips of the film appeared in Robert Youngson's ''MGM's Big Parade of Comedy'' in 1965. One scene has George K. Arthur disappearing while within the hanging covers of a large canopy bed.
The film is preserved by MGM. A
trailer is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.
[''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'' p.43 c.1978 by The American Film Institute]
Cast
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Karl Dane as The House Detective
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George K. Arthur as The Bellhop
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Marceline Day as Lois
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Tenen Holtz as Orloff
*Felecia Drenova as Mrs. Winters
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Tetsu Komai as Chin Lee
*Clinton Lyle as Roberts
References
External links
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Detectives-traileravailable for free download a
Internet Archive
1928 films
American silent feature films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Films based on short fiction
1928 comedy films
Silent American comedy films
Films directed by Chester Franklin
American black-and-white films
Films with screenplays by Robert Lord (screenwriter)
1920s American films
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