Midnight Daddies

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Midnight Daddies
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Directed by Mack Sennett
Written by
Produced byMack Sennett
Starring
Cinematography John W. Boyle
Edited by William Hornbeck
Production
company
Mack Sennett Comedies
Distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures
Release date
  • August 3, 1929 (1929-08-03)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Midnight Daddies is an All-Talking 1929 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Mack Sennett and starring Andy Clyde, Harry Gribbon, and Rosemary Theby. [1] It was the last feature film that Sennett directed: his remaining six films were Bing Crosby shorts.

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  1. Balducci, p. 99

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