Bringing Up Father (1928 film)

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Bringing Up Father
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Directed by Jack Conway
Written by Frances Marion
George McManus
Ralph Spence
Starring Marie Dressler
Polly Moran
J. Farrell MacDonald
Gertrude Olmstead
Cinematography William H. Daniels
Edited by Margaret Booth
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • March 17, 1928 (1928-03-17)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)
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Lobby card with Marie Dressler, J. Farrell MacDonald and Polly Moran

Bringing Up Father is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Jack Conway and starring Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, and J. Farrell MacDonald. [1] The film was based on the newspaper comic strip Bringing Up Father by George McManus. It was remade in 1946 as a sound film, proving popular enough for a spin-off of four Jiggs and Maggie films to be made. [2] [3]

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Preservation

A print was donated by MGM to George Eastman House, Rochester New York. [4]

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References

  1. Progressive Silent Film List: Bringing Up Father at silentera.com
  2. Drew p. 170
  3. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Bringing Up Father
  4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Bringing Up Father

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