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History
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1927 American
silent comedy film
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directed by
John Waters
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and written by John W. Conway,
Donald Davis,
Percy Heath
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, and
Herman J. Mankiewicz. The film stars
W. C. Fields
William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler, and writer. Fields's comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist who remained a sympathe ...
,
Chester Conklin
Chester Cooper Conklin (January 11, 1886 – October 11, 1971) was an early American film comedian who started at Keystone Studios as one of Mack Sennett’s Keystone Cops, often paired with Mack Swain. He appeared in a series of films with Ma ...
,
Mary Brian
Mary Brian (born Louise Byrdie Dantzler, February 17, 1906 – December 30, 2002) was an American actress who made the transition from silent films to sound films.
Early life
Brian was born in Corsicana, Texas, the daughter of Taurrence J. ...
,
Jack Luden
Jacob Benson Luden (February 8, 1902 – February 15, 1951) was an American film actor.
Early life
The son of Jacob and Anna Luden, he grew up in Reading, Pennsylvania. His uncle was confectioner William H. Luden, who developed the menthol coug ...
,
George Irving, and
Cissy Fitzgerald
Cissy Fitzgerald (born Mary Kate Kipping; 1 February 1873 – 10 May 1941) was an English-American vaudeville actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in numerous silent and sound films. Fitzgerald acted in a popular '' Gaiety Girl'' show begi ...
. The film was released on December 17, 1927, by
Paramount Pictures.
Plot
Sheriff Ben Holden (Conklin) is in love with hotel owner Madge Malarkey (Fitzgerald) when down-and-out carnival man Gabby Gilfoil (Fields) shows up, hoping to take her for some money. Gilfoil is mistaken for the wanted man Slippery Sawtelle (Quinn). Neither suitor gets Malarkey but do manage to take her husband (wealthy Simeon Trott) (Irving) for a bundle.
Cast
*
W. C. Fields
William Claude Dukenfield (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946), better known as W. C. Fields, was an American comedian, actor, juggler, and writer. Fields's comic persona was a misanthropic and hard-drinking egotist who remained a sympathe ...
as Gabby Gilfoil
*
Chester Conklin
Chester Cooper Conklin (January 11, 1886 – October 11, 1971) was an early American film comedian who started at Keystone Studios as one of Mack Sennett’s Keystone Cops, often paired with Mack Swain. He appeared in a series of films with Ma ...
as Sheriff Ben Holden
*
Mary Brian
Mary Brian (born Louise Byrdie Dantzler, February 17, 1906 – December 30, 2002) was an American actress who made the transition from silent films to sound films.
Early life
Brian was born in Corsicana, Texas, the daughter of Taurrence J. ...
as Mary Gilfoil
*
Jack Luden
Jacob Benson Luden (February 8, 1902 – February 15, 1951) was an American film actor.
Early life
The son of Jacob and Anna Luden, he grew up in Reading, Pennsylvania. His uncle was confectioner William H. Luden, who developed the menthol coug ...
as Tony Holden
*
George Irving as Simeon Trott
*
Cissy Fitzgerald
Cissy Fitzgerald (born Mary Kate Kipping; 1 February 1873 – 10 May 1941) was an English-American vaudeville actress, dancer, and singer who appeared in numerous silent and sound films. Fitzgerald acted in a popular '' Gaiety Girl'' show begi ...
as Madge Malarkey
*James Quinn as Slippery Sawtelle (credited as Jimmy Quinn)
*
Ben Bard
Ben Bard (January 26, 1893 – May 17, 1974) was an American movie actor, stage actor, and acting teacher. With comedian Jack Pearl, Bard worked in a comedy duo in vaudeville.
In 1926, Bard, Pearl, and Sascha Beaumont appeared in a short fil ...
as Bard (as Pearl and Bard)
*Jay Brennan as Brennan (as Savoy and Brennan)
*
Bobby Clark as Clark (as Clark & McCullough)
*
Max Dill as Dill (of Kolb and Dill)
*
Vivian Duncan
The Duncan Sisters (Rosetta and Vivian Duncan) were an American vaudeville duo who became popular in the 1920s with their act ''Topsy and Eva''.
Biography
Early career
Rosetta (November 23, 1894Sources differ on their birth dates. These are ta ...
as Vivian Duncan
*
Lew Fields
Lew Fields (born Moses Schoenfeld, January 1867 – July 20, 1941) was an American actor, comedian, vaudeville star, theatre manager, and producer. He was part of a comedy duo with Joe Weber. He also produced shows on his own and starred in c ...
as Fields (as Weber and Fields)
*
Clarence Kolb
Clarence William Kolb (July 31, 1874 – November 25, 1964) was an American vaudeville performer and actor known for his comedy routines that featured a Dutch dialect.
Biography
Kolb started out as one half of a vaudeville comedy team, Kol ...
as Kolb (as Kolb and Dill) (credited as C. William Kolb)
*
Charles Mack as Mack (as Moran and Mack)
*Chester Morton as The Human Pin Cushion
*Lee W. Parker as The Tattooed Man
*
Jack Pearl
Jack Pearl (born Jack Perlman; October 29, 1894 – December 25, 1982) was a vaudeville performer and a star of early radio. He was best known for his character Baron Munchausen.
Vaudeville and early films
Born in New York, Pearl debuted as a ...
as Pearl (as Pearl and Bard)
*Billy Platt as The Dwarf (as William Platt)
*Stanley Rogers as Savoy (as Savoy & Brennan)
*John Seresheff as The Strong Man
*
Joe Weber as Weber (as Weber and Fields)
*
John Aasen
John Aasen (March 5, 1890 – August 1, 1938) was an American silent film actor and sideshow performer who was one of the tallest actors in history.
Early life
Aasen was born on March 5, 1890, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His mother, Kristi (Dan ...
as The Giant (uncredited)
*
Wallace Beery
Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Bill in '' Min and Bill'' (1930) opposite Marie Dressler, as General Director Preysing in '' Grand Hotel'' ( ...
as Beery - of Beery and Hatton (uncredited)
*
Rosetta Duncan as Rosetta Duncam (uncredited)
*
Raymond Hatton
Raymond William Hatton (July 7, 1887 – October 21, 1971) was an American film actor who appeared in almost 500 motion pictures.
Biography
Hatton was born in Red Oak, Iowa. His physician father steered him toward a career in medicine. Howev ...
as Hatton - of Beery and Hatton (uncredited)
*Monty O'Grady as Minor Role (uncredited)
References
External links
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1927 films
1920s English-language films
Silent American comedy films
1927 comedy films
Paramount Pictures films
Films directed by John Waters (director born 1893)
American black-and-white films
American silent feature films
Lost American films
Lost comedy films
1927 lost films
1920s American films
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