The Hottentot
| The Hottentot | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Roy Del Ruth |
| Screenplay by | Harvey Thew (adaptation) |
| Starring | Edward Everett Horton Patsy Ruth Miller |
| Cinematography | Barney McGill |
| Edited by | Owen Marks |
| Music by | Cecil Copping Alois Reiser |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Hottentot is a lost[1][2] 1929 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller. It is based on the 1920 Broadway play The Hottentot by William Collier, Sr. and Victor Mapes.[3]
A previous silent version was produced by Thomas H. Ince in 1922, starring Douglas MacLean.[4][5]
Cast
- Edward Everett Horton as Sam Harrington
- Patsy Ruth Miller as Peggy Fairfax
- Douglas Gerrard as Swift
- Edward Earle as Larry Crawford
- Stanley Taylor as Alec Fairfax
- Gladys Brockwell as Mrs. Chadwick
- Maude Turner Gordon as May Gilford
- Otto Hoffman as Perkins
- Edmund Breese as Ollie
References
- ^ The Hottentot, 1922 film, at the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog
- ^ The Hottentot at Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers films - 1929
- ^ The Hottentot, as produced on Broadway, March-June 1920, at the George M. Cohan Theatre
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Hottentot
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Hottentot (1922) at silentera.com
External links
- The Hottentot at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Newspaper advertisement
- The Hottentot 1929 (Complete Vitaphone Soundtrack) Part 1 on YouTube
- The Hottentot 1929 (Complete Vitaphone Soundtrack) Part 2 on YouTube
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