''The Potters'' is a
lost 1927 American silent
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
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 distributed by
Paramount Pictures. It was directed by
Fred C. Newmeyer and starred comedian
W. C. Fields. It is based on a play by
J. P. McEvoy which had a respectable run on Broadway in the 1923–24 season.
''The Potters'' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: ''Paramount Pictures 1927''
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Cast
* W. C. Fields as Pa Potter
* Mary Alden as Ma Potter
*Ivy Harris as Mamie
*Jack Egan as Bill
* Richard "Skeets" Gallagher as Red Miller
* Joseph W. Smiley as Rankin
* Bradley Barker as Eagle
References
External links
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Still
at silentfilmstillarchive.com
1927 films
American silent feature films
Lost American films
Films directed by Fred C. Newmeyer
Paramount Pictures films
American films based on plays
1927 comedy films
Silent American comedy films
American black-and-white films
Lost comedy films
1927 lost films
1920s American films
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