The Cheerful Fraud | |
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Directed by | William A. Seiter |
Written by | Leigh Jacobson Sam Mintz Rex Taylor Harvey Thew William A. Seiter |
Based on | The Cheerful Fraud by Kenneth Robert Gordon Browne |
Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
Starring | Reginald Denny Gertrude Olmstead Otis Harlan |
Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
Edited by | John Rawlins |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Cheerful Fraud is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Reginald Denny, Gertrude Olmstead, and Otis Harlan. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. [1] [2] It is based on a 1925 novel of the same title by British writer Kenneth Robert Gordon Browne. [3]
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The film is preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. [4]
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