Barnum Was Right

1929 American comedy film

  • Philip Bartholomae (play)
  • John Meehan (play)
  • Hutcheson Boyd
  • Arthur Ripley
  • Ewart Adamson
Produced byCarl Laemmle Jr.Starring
  • Glenn Tryon
  • Merna Kennedy
  • Basil Radford
CinematographyJerome Ash
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • September 22, 1929 (1929-09-22)
Running time
57 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Barnum Was Right is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Del Lord and starring Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy and Basil Radford.[1] Along with the sound version, the film was also released in a silent version for theatres not wired for sound. At present only the silent version exists, whilst the sound version is presumed lost.[2]

Cast

  • Glenn Tryon as Freddie Farrell
  • Merna Kennedy as Miriam Locke
  • Otis Harlan as Samuel Locke
  • Basil Radford as Standish
  • Clarence Burton as Martin
  • Lew Kelly as Harrison
  • Isabelle Keith as Phoebe O'Dare
  • Gertrude Sutton as Sarah
  • Louise Beavers as Maid

See also

  • List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

  1. ^ Munden p.39
  2. ^ "Progressive Film List: Barnum Was Right". Silent Era. October 18, 2009.

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

  • Barnum Was Right at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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