''The Potters'' is a lost 1927 American silent

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produced by

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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

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