 | You can help expand this article with text translated from
the corresponding article in Italian. (April 2024) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
| The Brown Derby | |
|---|---|
.jpg) | |
| Directed by | Charles Hines |
| Written by |
|
| Based on | The Brown Derby by Brian Marlow and E.S. Merlin |
| Produced by | C.C. Burr |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | George Amy |
Production company | C.C. Burr Productions |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date | |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Brown Derby is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines and starring Johnny Hines, Ruth Dwyer, and Edmund Breese. [2] [3] A young plumber inherits a brown Derby hat from his uncle, which is said to bring good luck to its owner. While wearing it fortune does seem to smile on him, although it is in fact a case of mistaken identity.
Cast
- Johnny Hines as Tommy Burke
- Diana Kane as Edith Worthing
- Ruth Dwyer as Betty Caldwell
- Flora Finch as Aunt Anna
- Edmund Breese as John J. Caldwell
- J. Barney Sherry as Capt. Shay
- Bradley Barker as Robert Farrell
- Herbert Standing as Adolph Plummer (*Herbert Standing died in 1923; the Herbert Standing here is probably his son Herbert Standing Jr.)
- Harold Foshay as Frank Boyle
- Bob Slater as Sam
Preservation
The film survives in the archives of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), UCLA Film and Television Archive, and National Archives of Canada. [4]
References
-
^
Motion Picture News Booking Guide and Studio Directory. Media History Digital Library. New York, Motion Picture News, Inc. October 1927. p.
125.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: others ( link) - ^ Munden p. 376
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Brown Derby at silentera.com
- ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Brown Derby
Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
The Brown Derby (film).
 | This article about a silent comedy film from the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
| You can help expand this article with text translated from
the corresponding article in Italian. (April 2024) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
| The Brown Derby | |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Directed by | Charles Hines |
| Written by |
|
| Based on | The Brown Derby by Brian Marlow and E.S. Merlin |
| Produced by | C.C. Burr |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | |
| Edited by | George Amy |
Production company | C.C. Burr Productions |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date | |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Brown Derby is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines and starring Johnny Hines, Ruth Dwyer, and Edmund Breese. [2] [3] A young plumber inherits a brown Derby hat from his uncle, which is said to bring good luck to its owner. While wearing it fortune does seem to smile on him, although it is in fact a case of mistaken identity.
Cast
- Johnny Hines as Tommy Burke
- Diana Kane as Edith Worthing
- Ruth Dwyer as Betty Caldwell
- Flora Finch as Aunt Anna
- Edmund Breese as John J. Caldwell
- J. Barney Sherry as Capt. Shay
- Bradley Barker as Robert Farrell
- Herbert Standing as Adolph Plummer (*Herbert Standing died in 1923; the Herbert Standing here is probably his son Herbert Standing Jr.)
- Harold Foshay as Frank Boyle
- Bob Slater as Sam
Preservation
The film survives in the archives of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), UCLA Film and Television Archive, and National Archives of Canada. [4]
References
-
^
Motion Picture News Booking Guide and Studio Directory. Media History Digital Library. New York, Motion Picture News, Inc. October 1927. p.
125.
{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: others ( link) - ^ Munden p. 376
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Brown Derby at silentera.com
- ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Brown Derby
Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
The Brown Derby (film).
|
| This article about a silent comedy film from the 1920s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |