An Affair of the Follies

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An Affair of the Follies
Affair of the Follies lobby card.jpg
Directed by Millard Webb
Written by June Mathis
Carey Wilson
Based onHere Y'Are, Brother
by Dixie Willson [1]
Produced byAl Rocket
Starring Billie Dove
Cinematography Tony Gaudio
Edited by Hugh Bennett
Distributed by First National Pictures
Release date
  • February 13, 1927 (1927-02-13)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

An Affair of the Follies is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Millard Webb and distributed by First National Pictures. [2] [3]

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Preservation

With no prints of An Affair of the Follies located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.

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References

  1. Oates, Bill (August 15, 2005). Meredith Willson - America's Music Man: The Whole Broadway-Symphonic-Radio-Motion Picture Story. AuthorHouse. p. 25. ISBN   978-1-4208-3525-0.
  2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  3. An Affair of the Follies at Arne Anderson's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures: 1927 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: An Affair of the Follies