''The Brute'' is a 1927 American
silent Western
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film directed by
Irving Cummings
Irving Caminsky (October 9, 1888 – April 18, 1959) was an American movie actor and director.
Career
Born in New York City, Cummings started his acting career at age 16 in ''Diplomacy''. His Broadway, performances included ''In the Long R ...
and starring
Monte Blue
Gerard Montgomery Blue (January 11, 1887 – February 18, 1963) was an American film actor who began his career as a romantic lead in the silent era; and for decades after the advent of sound, he continued to perform as a supporting player ...
. It was produced and distributed by
Warner Brothers
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. It is considered to be a
lost film
A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress.
Conditions
During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o ...
.
The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''The Brute''
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Cast
* Monte Blue
Gerard Montgomery Blue (January 11, 1887 – February 18, 1963) was an American film actor who began his career as a romantic lead in the silent era; and for decades after the advent of sound, he continued to perform as a supporting player ...
as Easy Going Martin Sondes
* Leila Hyams
Leila Hyams (May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977) was an American film and stage actress, model, and vaudevillian, who came from a show business family. Her relatively short film career began in 1924 during the era of silent films and ended in 19 ...
as Jennifer Duan
* Clyde Cook as Oklahoma Red
* Carroll Nye
Robert Carroll Nye (October 4, 1901 – March 17, 1974) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1925 and 1944. His most memorable role was Frank Kennedy, Scarlett's second husband, in '' Gone with the Wind''.
...
as The El
* Paul Nicholson as Square Deal Felton
See also
* List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features
References
External links
''The Brute'' on IMDB
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1927 films
1927 Western (genre) films
1927 lost films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Irving Cummings
Lost American films
Lost Western (genre) films
Silent American Western (genre) films
Warner Bros. films
1920s American films
1920s English-language films
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