My Old Dutch (1926 film)

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My Old Dutch
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Directed by Laurence Trimble
Written byLaurence Trimble
Based onthe play My Old Dutch by Albert Chevalier and Arthur Shirley and the song My Old Dutch by Chevalier
Produced by Carl Laemmle
Starring May McAvoy
Pat O'Malley
CinematographyEdward Gheller
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • May 23, 1926 (1926-05-23)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

My Old Dutch is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Laurence Trimble and starring May McAvoy and Pat O'Malley. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Trimble had directed a 1915 British version of My Old Dutch that was also released by Universal. [1]

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Cast

Production

Director Laurence Trimble initiated a remake of his own 1915 British version of My Old Dutch to feature its star, Florence Turner. Actor James Morrison remembered Trimble telling him that Turner wished to get back into films, and asking him to help in a screen test that he could show to Universal Pictures. "He got a little company together—the people who were in it worked for nothing, because we loved Flotie—and we did scenes from My Old Dutch," Morrison recalled. Universal approved the project but cast May McAvoy, not Turner, in the starring role. [2] :39

Preservation

A print of My Old Dutch is held in the collection of Indiana University. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "My Old Dutch". AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute . Retrieved August 8, 2016.
  2. Slide, Anthony (1976). The Big V: A History of the Vitagraph Company. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN   9780810809673.
  3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: My Old Dutch