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Mildred Davis (center) and Lloyd Hughes (right).
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Too Many Crooks
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5399 feet
Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer
Cast: Mildred Davis [Celia Mason], Lloyd Hughes [John Barton], George Bancroft [Bert the boxman], El Brendel [Botts], William V. Mong [Coxey the con-man], John St. Polis [Erastus Mason], Otto Mathiesen [‘Fast Hands’ Foster], Betty Francisco [Frisco Flora], Gayne Whitman [Marshall Stone], Tom Ricketts (Thomas Ricketts) [Butler], Cleve Moore [Freddie Smythe], Ruth Cherrington [Mrs. Smythe], Pat Hartigan [‘Big’ Dan Boyd], Billie Jeane Phelps [a little girl], Nora Cecil
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [A Paramount Picture]. / Scenario by Rex Taylor, from the novel Too Many Crooks by E.J. Rath. Cinematography by Harry Jackson. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / © 2 April 1927 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP23821]. Released 2 April 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Davis’ final film. / Silent film.
Comedy.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 12 December 2024.
References: Katchmer-Eighty p. 12 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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