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  Sally O’Neil (left), Marie Dressler and Gertrude Olmstead.
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The Callahans and
the Murphys

(1927) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / [?] 5728 or 6126? feet
Directed by George Hill (George W. Hill)

Cast: Marie Dressler [Mrs. Callahan], Polly Moran [Mrs. Murphy], Sally O’Neil [Ellen Callahan], Lawrence Gray [Dan Murphy], Eddie Gribbon [Jim Callahan], Frank Currier [Grandpa Callahan], Gertrude Olmstead [Monica Murphy], Turner Savage [Timmy Callahan], Jackie Coombs [Terrance Callahan], Dawn O’Day [Mary Callahan], Monty O’Grady [Michael Callahan], Tom Lewis [Mr. Murphy], Hannah Washington [the little black girl], [?] Drew Demarest?

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Frances Marion, from [?] an adaptation by A.P. Younger of? a short story from the collection The Callahans and the Murphys by Kathleen Norris. Script secretary, Harold Wilson. Production manager, Sidney Algier. Production design by Cedric Gibbons and David Townsend. Costume design by René Hubert. Properties by Jack Miller. Assistant director, Arthur Cohn. Cinematography by Ira Morgan (Ira H. Morgan). Stills photography by Ruth Harriet Louise. Film editors, Hugh Wynn and Blanche Sewell. Intertitles written by Ralph Spence. / © 11 July 1927 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [LP24254]. Released 18 June 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Irish

Listing updated: 15 August 2023.

References: Brownlow-Behind p. 23; Eames-MGM p. 41 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

 
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