The Old Barn

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The Old Barn
The Film
Directed by Mack Sennett [1]
Written by Hampton Del Ruth (writer)
Alfred M. Loewenthal (writer)
Andrew Rice (writer)
Earle Rodney (writer)
John A. Waldron (story supervisor)
Produced byMack Sennett
Cinematography John W. Boyle
Ernie Crockett
George Unholz
Edited by William Hornbeck [2]
Distributed by Educational Film Exchanges, Inc. [3]
Release date
  • February 16, 1929 (1929-02-16)
[4]
Running time
20 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Old Barn is a 1929 American comedy film directed by Mack Sennett. [5]

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Plot

A motley collection of guests and regulars at a country hotel are anxious one dark and stormy night when they hear by a radio news bulletin that a dangerous criminal has just broken jail and is headed their way. A surly mystery man answering the description shows up and then hides out in a nearby barn.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "In the News". Sound Waves. February 15, 1929. p. 3. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Old Barn, The (1928) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on June 8, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Sherk, Warren M. (January 28, 1998). The Films of Mack Sennett: Credit Documentation from the Mack Sennett Collection at the Margaret Herrick Library. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 150. ISBN   978-0-8108-3443-9.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Maltin, Leonard (1972). The Great Movie Shorts. Crown Publishers. p. 95. ISBN   978-0-517-50455-0.
  5. ↑ Motion Picture Story Magazine. Macfadden-Bartell. 1929. p. 13.
  6. ↑ King, Rob (2011). """The Spice of the Program"": Educational Pictures, Early Sound Slapstick, and the Small-Town Audience". Film History. 23 (3): 313–330. doi:10.2979/filmhistory.23.3.313. ISSN   0892-2160.
  7. ↑ "Thelma Hill". The Billboard. March 30, 1929. p. 23. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
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