My Friend from India
Appearance
| My Friend from India | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | E. Mason Hopper |
| Written by | Rex Taylor |
| Based on | play My Friend from India by Henry A. Du Souchet |
| Produced by | DeMille Pictures |
| Starring | Franklin Pangborn Elinor Fair |
| Cinematography | Dewey Wrigley |
| Edited by | James Morley |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent..English titles |
My Friend from India is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Franklin Pangborn and Elinor Fair. It was produced by DeMille Pictures and distributed by Pathé Exchange.[1][2]
A previous film of this story was made in 1914 by the Edison Company.
Prints survive at the Library of Congress and UCLA Film & Television Archive.[3][4]
Cast
[edit]- Franklin Pangborn - William/Tommy Valentine
- Elinor Fair - Bernice/Barbara
- Ben Hendricks Jr. - Charles/Charlie
- Ethel Wales - Arabella Mott/Bedelia Smith
- Jeanette Loff - Marion/Ruth Brooks
- Tom Ricketts - Judge Elmer Elderberry Egbert Belmore
- Louis Natheaux - T. Austin Webb
- Tom Dugan - Kasha Murti/Swami/Bogus Hindu Prince
- George Ovey - Valet to Hindu Prince
- Edgar Norton - Jennings, a Butler
References
[edit]- ↑ My Friend from India at silentera.com
- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:My Friend from India
- ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.123 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
- ↑ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:My Friend from India
External links
[edit]- My Friend from India at IMDb
- lantern slide (archived)
Categories:
- 1927 films
- 1927 American films
- 1927 comedy films
- 1927 English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent comedy films
- American silent feature films
- English-language comedy films
- Films directed by E. Mason Hopper
- Pathé Exchange films
- Surviving American silent films
- 1920s American silent comedy film stubs