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''The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary'' 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 ...
starring veteran actress
May Robson Mary Jeanette Robison (19 April 1858 – 20 October 1942), known professionally as May Robson, was an Australian-born American-based actress whose career spanned 58 years, starting in 1883 when she was 25. A major stage actress of the late 19t ...
and released by
Cecil B. DeMille Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American film director, producer and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cine ...
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Producers Distributing Corporation Producers Distributing Corporation was a short-lived Hollywood film distribution company, organized in 1924 and dissolved in March 1927. In its brief heyday, film director Cecil B. DeMille was its primary shareholder and major talent. Corporat ...
(PDC). Robson had first appeared in the Broadway play version of this story in 1907 when she was 49.May Robson's 1907 Broadway play version of ''The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary''
/ref> In the film she returns to enact the same part 20 years later at the age of 69. A previous 1914 film version of the play had been produced minus May Robson.


Cast

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May Robson Mary Jeanette Robison (19 April 1858 – 20 October 1942), known professionally as May Robson, was an Australian-born American-based actress whose career spanned 58 years, starting in 1883 when she was 25. A major stage actress of the late 19t ...
as Aunt Mary Watkins * Harrison Ford as Jack Watkins *
Phyllis Haver Phyllis Maude Haver (January 6, 1899 – November 19, 1960) was an American actress of the silent film era. Early life Haver was born in Douglass, Kansas to James Hiram Haver (1872–1936) and Minnie Shanks Malone (1879–1949). When s ...
as Martha Rankin *
Franklin Pangborn Franklin Pangborn (January 23, 1889 – July 20, 1958) was an American comedic character actor famous for playing small but memorable roles with comic flair. He appeared in many Preston Sturges movies as well as the W. C. Fields films '' Interna ...
as Melville *
Robert Edeson Robert Edeson (June 3, 1868 – March 24, 1931) was an American film and stage actor of the silent era and a vaudeville performer. Life and career Edeson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of manager and actor George R. Edeson. Afte ...
as Judge Hopper *
Arthur Hoyt Arthur Hoyt (March 19, 1874 – January 4, 1953) was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 275 films in his 34-year film career, about a third of them silent films. Career Born in Georgetown, Colorado, in 1874, Hoyt mad ...
as Gus Watkins * Betty Brown as Alma


See also

* The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1914)


References


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Cast and crew of the 1914 film ''The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary''
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1927 films American silent feature films Lost American comedy films 1927 comedy films American black-and-white films Films directed by Erle C. Kenton Silent American comedy films Producers Distributing Corporation films 1927 lost films 1920s American films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub