Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl

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Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl
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Directed by Irving Cummings
Screenplay by Gertrude Orr
Based onBertha, the Sewing Machine Girl
by Theodore Kremer
Starring Madge Bellamy
Allan Simpson
Sally Phipps
Paul Nicholson
Anita Garvin
J. Farrell MacDonald
Cinematography Conrad Wells
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • December 19, 1926 (1926-12-19)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl is a 1926 American drama film directed by Irving Cummings and written by Gertrude Orr. It is based on the 1906 play Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl by Theodore Kremer. The film stars Madge Bellamy, Allan Simpson, Sally Phipps, Paul Nicholson, Anita Garvin and J. Farrell MacDonald. The film was released on December 19, 1926, by Fox Film Corporation. [1] [2] [3]

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