The Brown Derby (film)
The Brown Derby is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines and starring Johnny Hines, Ruth Dwyer and Edmund Breese.[2] 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.
| The Brown Derby | |
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| Directed by | Charles Hines |
| Produced by | C.C. Burr |
| Written by | Brian Marlow (play) E.S. Merlin (play) J.P. McGowan Bert Wheeler Howard J. Green (uncredited)[1] |
| Starring | Johnny Hines Ruth Dwyer Edmund Breese |
| Cinematography | George Peters Albert Wetzel Al Wilson |
| Edited by | George Amy |
Production company | C.C. Burr Productions |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date | July 4, 1926 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
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 status
- The film survives in the archives of the Museum of Modern Art(MOMA), UCLA Film and Television and The National Archives of Canada.[3]
References
- Motion Picture News; Motion Picture News, Inc (1927). Motion Picture News Booking Guide and Studio Directory (Oct 1927). Media History Digital Library. New York, Motion Picture News, Inc. pp. 125.
- Munden p.376
- 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.
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