Pleasure Before Business | |
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Directed by | Frank R. Strayer |
Written by | William Branch |
Produced by | Harry Cohn |
Starring | Virginia Brown Faire |
Cinematography | J.O. Taylor |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels; 5,569 feet |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent film (English intertitles) |
Pleasure Before Business is a 1927 silent film comedy directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Max Davidson and Virginia Brown Faire. The film was produced and distributed by then upstart studio Columbia Pictures. [1]
Preserved at the Library of Congress. [2]
A complete copy of the film is held at the Library of Congress. [3]
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