A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Chester Conklin (left) and W.C. Fields. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: W.C. Fields [Richard Whitehead], Chester Conklin [Samuel Hunter], Sally Blane [Louise Hunter], Jack Luden [Ray Caldwell], Mary Alden [Mrs. Hunter], Arthur Housman [Charles Grogan], Robert Dudley [Jim Simpson], Martha Mattox [Mrs. Simpson]

Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by Sam Mintz and J. Walter Ruben, from the adaptation by Sam Mintz and J. Walter Ruben of a screen story by Harry Fried. Cinematography by William Marshall. Film editor, George Nichols Jr. Intertitles written by George Marion Jr. / © 5 May 1928 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [LP25220]. Premiered 7 May 1928. Released 11 June 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Crime: Fraud - Criminals: Confidence men - Games: Pool: Pool tables - Oil wells

Listing updated: 26 February 2023.

References: Fields-Fields p. 267; Kerr-Silent p. 295 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.