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Cheating Cheaters (1927 film)

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Cheating Cheaters
Still with Littlefield and Compson
Directed byEdward Laemmle
Written byCharles Logue
James T. O'Donohoe
Walter Anthony
Based onCheating Cheaters
by Max Marcin
Produced byCarl Laemmle
StarringBetty Compson
CinematographyJackson Rose
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 5, 1927 (1927-12-05)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Cheating Cheaters is a 1927 American silent comedy crime film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was directed by Edward Laemmle and starred Betty Compson.[1][2] This film was based on a 1916 Broadway play of the same name by Max Marcin.[3]

A 1919 film of the same name was also based on Marcin's play. It was produced by and starred Clara Kimball Young.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Cheating Cheaters located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5]

References

  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Cheating Cheaters
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Cheating Cheaters at silentera.com
  3. ^ Cheating Cheaters as produced on Broadway at the Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre, August 9 1916 to April 1917, 2i86 performances; IBDb.com
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Cheating Cheaters
  5. ^ Cheating Cheaters at Lost Film Files: Universal Pictures lost films - 1927 Archived May 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine


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