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The Lion and the Mouse (disambiguation) The Lion and the Mouse is one of Aesop's Fables. The Lion and the Mouse may also refer to: * ''The Lion and the Mouse'', a 1905 play by Charles Klein * ''The Lion and the Mouse'' (1914 film), a lost 1914 silent film drama * ''The Lion and the Mou ...

.'' ''The Lion and the Mouse'' (1928) is a part-silent/part-sound drama film produced by

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, directed by

Lloyd Bacon Lloyd Francis Bacon (December 4, 1889 – November 15, 1955) was an American screen, stage and vaudeville actor and film director. As a director he made films in virtually all genres, including westerns, musicals, comedies, gangster films, an ...

, and based on the 1905 play by

Charles Klein Charles Klein (January 7, 1867 – May 7, 1915) was an English-born playwright and actor who emigrated to America in 1883. Among his works was the libretto of John Philip Sousa's operetta, ''El Capitan''. Klein's talented siblings includ ...

. The film marks the first time

Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''A Free Soul'' (1931) ...

, who was on loan out from MGM, spoke from the screen.

Plot

Judge Ross, on the Federal Bench, rules in favor of a large company in litigation before him, unaware that a smaller company in which he owns considerable stock has been subsumed by the larger firm, thus creating appearance of a conflict of interests. When one of the Judge's enemies plots to ruin the Judge over this apparent improper behavior, Judge Ross's daughter Shirley sets out to prove her father's innocence.

Cast

May McAvoy May Irene McAvoy (September 8, 1899 – April 26, 1984) was an American actress who worked mainly during the silent-film era. Some of her major roles are Laura Pennington in '' The Enchanted Cottage'', Esther in '' Ben-Hur'', and Mary Dale ...

as Shirley Ross *

as John Ryder * Alec B. Francis as Judge Ross * William Collier Jr. as Jeffereson Ryder *Emmett Corrigan as Dr. Hays *Jack Ackroyd as Smith, Jeff's valet Cast notes *Barrymore and McAvoy had last costarred in 1920 in ''

The Devil's Garden ''The Devil's Garden'' is a lost 1920 American silent drama film produced by Whitman Bennett, directed by Kenneth Webb, and released through First National Exhibitor's Circuit, which was later known as First National Pictures. The film starre ...

''.

Box Office

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $869,000 domestically and $100,000 foreign.

Preservation status

The movie survives in 35 mm at the

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and

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at the

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. The soundtrack on

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discs partially survives in the

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. ''The Lion and the Mouse'' in UCLA Library
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References

External links

''The Lion and the Mouse'' at IMDb.com''The Lion and the Mouse''; allmovie.com online synopsispreserved lantern slide to the film
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cover of novelization of the play with scenes from Warner's production
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