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The Merry Widower
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Richard Wallace

Cast: Jimmie Finlayson (James Finlayson) [the hunter], Ethel Clayton [the hunter’s wife], Jack Ackroyd [another hunter], Tyler Brooke [the trifler], Ham Kinsey [the oyster bar clerk], Charley Chase [the hobo in the oyster bar], Jerry Mandy [Mahatma], Al Flores [a tenant], L.H. LaLeavitto [a tenant], Charles Lloyd [a tenant], Tudor Owen [a tenant], Cecil Brunner [a crowd member], Evelyn Burns [a crowd member], Milton J. Fahrney [a crowd member], Robert Finlayson [a crowd member], Charlie Hall [a crowd member], Hope Harper [a crowd member], George Y. Harvey [a tenant], Lyle Tayo [a crowd member], Marie Wood [a crowd member], Sammy Brooks, Helen Gilmore, Martha Sleeper

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathécomedy]. / Produced by Hal Roach. Scenario by Charles Alphin, Lewis R. Foster, Carl Harbaugh, Grover Jones and Hal Yates. Properties by Ted Driscoll, Morey Lightfoot and Leo Samwell. Supervising director, F. Richard Jones. Assistant directors, Stan Laurel, Sherbourne Shields and Jean Yarbrough. Cinematography by Len Powers. Animation by E.H. Young. Film editor, Richard C. Currier. Intertitles written by H.M. Walker. / Released 1 August 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 July 2025.

References: Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.

 
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