''Kosher Kitty Kelly'' is a 1926 American silent

comedy drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by James W. Horne, produced by

Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Joseph Patrick Kennedy (September 6, 1888 – November 18, 1969) was an American businessman, investor, and politician. He is known for his own political prominence as well as that of his children and was the patriarch of the Irish-American Ken ...

(Robertson-Cole), and distributed by

Film Booking Offices of America Film Booking Offices of America (FBO), registered as FBO Pictures Corp., was an American film studio of the Silent film, silent era, a midsize producer and distributor of mostly low-budget films. The business began in 1918 as Robertson-Cole, an ...

(FBO). Based on the stage musical ''Kosher Kitty Kelly'' by Leon De Costa, the film stars

Viola Dana Viola Dana (born Virginia Flugrath; June 26, 1897 – July 3, 1987) was an American film actress who was successful during the era of silent films. She appeared in over 100 films, but was unable to make the transition to sound films. Early lif ...

Cast

Preservation

A print of ''Kosher Kitty Kelly'' is preserved at the

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but is missing a reel.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Kosher Kitty Kelly''
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1926 films American silent feature films Films directed by James W. Horne American films based on plays 1926 comedy-drama films 1920s English-language films Film Booking Offices of America films American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Gerald Duffy 1920s American films Silent American comedy-drama films {{silent-comedy-drama-film-stub