The Clown (1927 film)

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The Clown
The Clown (1927) lobby card.jpg
Lobby card, actor in the red robe is William V. Mong
Directed by William James Craft
Written by Dorothy Howell (story)
Harry O. Hoyt
Produced by Harry Cohn
Starring Dorothy Revier
William V. Mong
Johnnie Walker
Cinematography Norbert Brodine
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
FBO (Great Britain)
Release date
  • December 12, 1927 (1927-12-12)
Running time
57 minutes; 6 reels
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Clown is a 1927 American silent crime drama film directed by William James Craft and produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It stars Dorothy Revier, Johnnie Walker, and William V. Mong. [1] [2]

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The film is preserved in an Italian archive and the Library of Congress. [3] [4]

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References

  1. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Clown(Wayback)
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Clown at silentera.com
  3. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Clown
  4. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 32, c.1978 by The American Film Institute