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  George F. Marion and Betty Compson.
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The Wise Guy
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7775 feet
Directed by Frank Lloyd

Cast: Mary Astor [Mary], James Kirkwood [Guy Watson], Betty Compson [Hula Kate], George F. Marion [Horace Palmer], Mary Carr [Ma Palmer], George Cooper [the Bozo]

Frank Lloyd Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Produced by Frank Lloyd. Scenario by Ada McQuillan, from an adaptation by Adela Rogers St. Johns of a screen story by Jules Furthman. Cinematography by Norbert Brodine. Intertitles written by George Marion Jr. Presented by Frank Lloyd. / © 18 May 1926 by Frank Lloyd Productions, Incorporated [LP22746]. Released 23 May 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: Prints exist in the National Archives of Canada film archive [35mm nitrate positive, 35mm acetate duplicate negative, 35mm acetate answer positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Swindling, Theft - Criminals: Pickpockets, Swindlers - Religion: Evangelists

Listing updated: 28 November 2023.

References: ClasIm-302 p. 12 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.

 
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