Baby Mine (1928 film)

Baby Mine
1928 newspaper advertisement for Baby Mine
Directed by	Robert Z. Leonard
Written by	Sylvia Thalberg (adaptation) Lew Lipton (scenario) F. Hugh Herbert (scenario) Ralph Spence (intertitles)
Based on	Baby Mine by Margaret Mayo
Produced by	Louis B. Mayer Irving Thalberg Robert Z. Leonard
Starring	Karl Dane George K. Arthur Charlotte Greenwood
Cinematography	Faxon M. Dean
Edited by	Sam Zimbalist
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	January 8, 1928 (1928-01-08)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent film (English intertitles)

Baby Mine is a 1928 silent film comedy produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This film is a remake of the 1917 film Baby Mine , both being based on Margaret Mayo's 1910 Broadway comedy Baby Mine . This film stars Karl Dane, George K. Arthur and Charlotte Greenwood. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Cast

• Karl Dane - Oswald Hardy
• George K. Arthur - Jimmy Hemingway
• Charlotte Greenwood - Emma
• Louise Lorraine - Helen
• Neal Dodd

Reception

Still of the film, showing Greenwood and Dane

Dane and Greenwood were praised by Los Angeles Times critic Philip K. Scheuer, who described the film as "continuously funny". ^[4]

Preservation status

Baby Mine is now considered a lost film. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. Baby Mine at silentera.com
2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Baby Mine
4. Scheuer, Philip K. (January 7, 1928). "Three-ply Bill Made for Laughs". Los Angeles Times. Part II, p. 7. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
5. Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files (Metro-MGM) - 1928, online resource on lost studio films Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
6. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Baby Mine

External links

• Baby Mine at IMDb
• Baby Mine at SilentEra
• Baby Mine synopsis at AllMovie
• Swedish release lobby poster(Wayback Machine)
• lantern slide