Green Grass Widows

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Green Grass Widows
Directed byAlfred Raboch
Written by Wellyn Totman
Paul Perez (intertitles)
Story by Viola Brothers Shore
Produced by John M. Stahl
Starring Walter Hagen
Gertrude Olmstead
John Harron
Hedda Hopper
Cinematography Jackson Rose
Edited byRobert Kern
Distributed by Tiffany-Stahl
Release date
  • June 10, 1928 (1928-06-10)
Running time
60 minsutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Green Grass Widows is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Alfred Raboch, and produced and released by Tiffany-Stahl Productions. The film was directed by the Alfred Raboch and starred golf player Walter Hagen. The film co-stars Hedda Hopper and Gertrude Olmstead. [1]

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Preservation status

Some sources have the film lost. [2] However, a copy is said to be held at the British Film Institute. [3]

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References

  1. White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog Of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 315. ISBN   0-520-20969-9.
  2. Green Grass Widows, at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Tiffany Studios
  3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog; Green Grass Widows