Flaming Fathers
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Stan Laurel and Leo McCarey
Cast: Max Davidson [Papa Gimplewart], Lillian Leighton [Mama Gimplewart], Martha Sleeper [their daughter], Eddie Clayton [Rollo, her fiancé], Chet Brandenburg [the swimming checkroom attendant], Tiny Sandford [the first policeman], Bobby Newman [the fat boy at the beach], Charles King [the fat boy’s father], Fred Carpenter [a little boy], David Durand [a little boy], Artye Folz [a little girl], Phyllis Hurst [a little girl], Annabelle Magnus [a little girl], Mary Jane Milliken [a little girl], Gerald Pierce [a little boy], [?] ? [the woman who gets spanked], [?] ? [the second policeman]
Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathécomedy]. / Produced by Hal Roach. From a screen story by [?] Leo McCarey and/or Hal Roach? Presented by Hal Roach. / Released 18 December 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Survival status: Prints exist in La Cineteca del Friuli film archive [16mm reduction positive (incomplete)]; [16mm duplicate negative (incomplete)]; and in the private film collection of Bruce Lawton [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 10 March 2024.
References: Film viewing : ClasIm-298 p. 18 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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