''The Monkey Talks'' is a 1927 American silent

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directed by Raoul Walsh and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan and Elizabeth Pickett Chevalier. The film stars

Olive Borden Olive Mary Borden (July 14, 1906 – October 1, 1947) was an American film and stage actress who began her career during the silent film era. She was nicknamed "the Joy Girl", after playing the lead in the 1927 film of that same title. Borden ...

, Jacques Lerner,

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, Raymond Hitchcock and Ted McNamara. The film was released on February 20, 1927, by

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Cast

as Olivette *Jacques Lerner as Jocko Lerner *

as Sam Wick *

as Bergerin * Raymond Hitchcock as Lorenzo *Ted McNamara as Firmin *

Jane Winton Jane Winton (October 10, 1905 – September 22, 1959) was an American film actress, dancer, opera soprano, writer, and painter. Early years Winton was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1905. The deaths of her father when she was four yea ...

as Masisie *August Tollaire as Mata

References

External links

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''The Monkey Talks'' at silentera.com
1927 films 1920s English-language films Fox Film films Silent American drama films 1927 drama films Films directed by Raoul Walsh American black-and-white films American films based on plays American silent feature films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub