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Cradle Snatchers Directed by Howard Hawks Produced by William Fox Written by Russell Medcraft (play)
Norma Mitchell (play)
Sarah Y. Mason (scenario)
Malcolm Stuart Boylan (intertitles)Starring Louise Fazenda
Dorothy Phillips
Ethel WalesCinematography L. William O'Connell Distributed by Fox Film Release date(s) May 28, 1927 (NY)
June 5, 1927 (nationwide)Running time 7 reels; 6,281 feet Country United States Language Silent film (English intertitles) Cradle Snatchers is a 1927 silent film comedy produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. The film was directed by Howard Hawks and starred Louise Fazenda, Ethel Wales and Dorothy Phillips in the principal roles. The picture is based on the 1925 Russell Medcraft/Norma Mitchell stage play of the same name that starred Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver and Humphrey Bogart. The story of the play was turned into a Broadway musical Let's Face It! in 1941 with the musical being made as a film Let's Face It in 1943. An incomplete copy of the 1927 silent film exists in the Library of Congress[1] [2]
Cast
- Louise Fazenda - Susan Martin
- Ethel Wales - Ethel Drake
- Dorothy Phillips - Kitty Ladd
- J. Farrell MacDonald - George Martin
- Franklin Pangborn - Howard Drake
- William B. Davidson - Roy Ladd
- Joseph Striker - Joe Valley
- Nick Stuart - Henry Winton
- Arthur Lake - Oscar
- Diane Ellis - Ann Hall(billed Dione Ellis)
- Sammy Cohen - Ike Ginsberg
- Tyler Brooke - Osteopath
- Virginia Bushman
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Categories:- American films
- 1927 films
- American silent films
- Silent films
- Films directed by Howard Hawks
- American comedy films
- Films based on plays
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