My Friend from India

1927 film by E. Mason Hopper

  • December 19, 1927 (1927-12-19)
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6 reelsCountryUSALanguageSilent..English titles

My Friend from India is a 1927 silent film comedy directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Franklin Pangborn and Elinor Fair. It was produced by DeMille Pictures and distributed by Pathé Exchange.[1][2]

A previous film of this story was made in 1914 by the Edison Company.

Prints survive at the Library of Congress and UCLA Film & TV Archive.[3][4]

Cast

  • Franklin Pangborn - William/Tommy Valentine
  • Elinor Fair - Bernice/Barbara
  • Ben Hendricks Jr. - Charles/Charlie
  • Ethel Wales - Arabella Mott/Bedelia Smith
  • Jeanette Loff - Marion/Ruth Brooks
  • Tom Ricketts - Judge Elmer Elderberry Egbert Belmore
  • Louis Natheaux - T. Austin Webb
  • Tom Dugan - Kasha Murti/ Swami/ Bogus Hindu Prince
  • George Ovey - Valet to Hindu Prince
  • Edgar Norton - Jennings, a Butler

References

  1. ^ My Friend from India at silentera.com
  2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:My Friend from India
  3. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.123 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
  4. ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:My Friend from India

External links

  • My Friend from India at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • synopsis at AllMovie
  • lantern slide(archived)


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