Girl Crazy (1929 film)

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Girl Crazy
Girl Crazy ad in The Film Daily, Jul-Dec 1929 (page 162 crop).jpg
Ad in The Film Daily, 1929
Directed by Mack Sennett
Written byJohn A. Waldron
Earle Rodney
Alfred J. Goulding
Produced byMack Sennett
Starring Andy Clyde
Alma Bennett
Cinematography John W. Boyle
Ernie Crockett
Edited by William Hornbeck
Color processSilent
Black and White
Production
company
Mack Sennett Comedies
Release date
  • June 9, 1929 (1929-06-09)
Running time
20 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

Girl Crazy was a 1929 comedy film directed by Mack Sennett and starring Andy Clyde as "a girl-crazy sexagenarian". The film's story is credited to Hampton Del Ruth, Alfred J. Goulding, Harry McCoy, Earle Rodney, and Mack Sennett.

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