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Long Pants
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Frank Capra
Cast: Harry Langdon [Harry Shelby], Gladys Brockwell [Mrs. Shelby, his mother], Alan Roscoe [Mr. Shelby, his father], Priscilla Bonner [Priscilla, his bride], Alma Bennett [Bebe Blair, his downfall], Betty Francisco [his finish]; Frankie Darrow [young Harry Shelby], Rosalind Byrne
Harry Langdon Corporation production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated [A First National Picture]. / Scenario by Arthur Ripley + [Frank Capra], from an adaptation by Robert Eddy. Comedy construction by Clarence Hennecke. Cinematography by Elgin Lessley. Film editor, Harold Young. / Released 26 March 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / A reel of Technicolor was shot, but cut from the film before national release. [?] McBride-Capra p. 722 lists the film’s length as seven reels (which may count the unreleased Technicolor reel in that length). / Silent film.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists in the film holdings of Cohen Media Group (Raymond Rohauer collection) [35mm positive] : A preview trailer for the film exists in the National Film and Sound Archive film archive [35mm color-tinted nitrate positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Bicycles - Books - Color cinematography - Libraries
Listing updated: 25 March 2015.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Bohn-Light p. 105; Brownlow-Parade pp. 437, 439; Everson-American pp. 276, 310h; Geduld-Birth p. 147; Kerr-Silent pp. 278, 280-281; Limbacher-Feature p. 144; Maltin-Selected p. 68; McBride-Capra p. 722; Poague-Capra pp. 69, 70, 80, 89, 101, 115, 121, 122, 129-132, 134-135, 137, 192, 205, 236; Schelly-Langdon pp. vii, 79, 80, 81, 83-87, 89, 94, 95, 96, 105, 111, 116, 118, 121, 123, 126, 127, 171, 191, 210, 220; Sinyard-Silent pp. 49, 51; Sweeney-Coming p. 112; Vermilye-Twenties p. 22 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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