My Old Dutch
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7750 feet
Directed by Larry Trimble (Laurence Trimble)
Cast: May McAvoy [Sarah ‘Sal’ Gratton], Pat O’Malley [Joe Brown], Cullen Landis [David Brown, their son], Jean Hersholt [’erb ’uggins], Edgar Kennedy [Bill Sproat], Frank Crane (Frank Hall Crane) [James Crayford], Jane Winton [Lady Diana Crowes], Agnes Steele [Mrs. Spudds], Patsy O’Byrne [Mrs. Smiff], Rolfe Sedan [Al], Newton Hall [David Brown, age 12], Sheila O’Malley [David Brown, age 3], Kathleen O’Malley [David Brown, as a baby], Violet Kane [Mary Avenell, age 3], Zama Zameria (Zama Zamoria) [Mrs. Avenell], George Siegmann [the workhouse superintendent]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by Laurence Trimble, from the play adaptation My Old Dutch by Albert Chevalier and Arthur Shirley of the song “My Old Dutch” by Albert Chevalier. Cinematography by Edward Gheller. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / Released 23 May 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The play was previously filmed as My Old Dutch (1915).
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Animals: Donkeys, Horses - British - Evictions - Inheritances - Photographs - Profiteers - Reunions - Sacrifice - Street peddlars - United Kingdom: England - War: Soldiers - Workhouses
Listing updated: 12 January 2015.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Drew-Speaking pp. 128, 279; Edmonds-BigU p. 140; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 53 : ClasIm-240 p. 44 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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