The Potters
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6680 feet
Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast: W.C. Fields [Pa Potter], Mary Alden [Ma Potter], Ivy Harris [?] [Mamie or Minnie]?, Jack Egan [Bill], Richard ‘Skeets’ Gallagher [Red Miller], Joseph W. Smiley [Rankin], Bradley Barker [Eagle]
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by J. Clarkson Miller, from the adaptation by Sam Mintz and Ray Harris of the novel The Potters by Joseph Patrick McEvoy. Assistant director, Ray Lissner. Cinematography by Paul Vogel. Editor-in-chief, Ralph Block. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / © 31 January 1927 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP23606]. Premiered 15 January 1927 in New York, New York. Released 31 January 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.
Comedy.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 October 2023.
References: Fields-Fields p. 267; Sweeney-Coming p. 114 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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