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McFadden’s Flats
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Richard Wallace

Cast: Charles Murray [Dan McFadden], Chester Conklin [Jock McTavish], Edna Murphy [Mary Ellen McFadden], Larry Kent [Sandy McTavish], Aggie Herring [Mrs. McFadden], DeWitt Jennings [Patrick Halloran], Cissy Fitzgerald [Mrs. Halloran], Dorothy Dwan [Edith Halloran], Freeman Wood [Desmond Halloran], Dot Farley [Bridget Maloney], Leo White [the hat salesman], Harvey Clark [the interior decorator]

Asher, Small and Rogers production; distributed First National Pictures, Incorporated [A First National Picture]. / Produced by Edward Small. Scenario by [?] Charles Logue?, from an adaptation by Jack Jevne, Rex Taylor and Jack Wagner of the novel McFadden’s Row of Flats by Gus Hill. Cinematography by Arthur Edeson. Presented by Asher, Small and Rogers. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was subsequently filmed as McFadden’s Flats (1935). / Silent film.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 12 December 2024.

References: Montgomery-Comedy p. ?; Slide-Ireland p. ? : Website-IMDb.