''The Girl in the Pullman'' is a 1927 American silent

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directed by

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and starring

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, Harrison Ford, and

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Cast

Preservation status

Prints of ''The Girl in the Pullman'' are held in the French archive Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée in

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and the

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.The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Girl in the Pullman''
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References

Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* * 1927 films 1927 comedy films Silent American comedy films Films directed by Erle C. Kenton American silent feature films 1920s English-language films Pathé Exchange films American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub