Finders Keepers (1928 film)
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| Directed by | Wesley Ruggles Otis B. Thayer |
| Written by | Robert Ames Bennett Beatrice Van Tom Reed (intertiles) |
| Based on | "Make Them Happy" by Mary Roberts Rinehart |
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle |
| Starring | Laura La Plante John Harron |
| Cinematography | Virgil Miller |
| Edited by | Lee Halen |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent Version Sound Version (Synchronized) English intertitles |
Finders Keepers is an extant 1928 American silent military comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and Otis B. Thayer and starring Laura La Plante and John Harron.[1][2] Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was prepared late in 1928. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film may or may not be a remake of a 1921 film Finders Keepers singularly directed by Thayer.
Cast
[edit]- Laura La Plante as Barbara Hastings
- John Harron as Carter Brooks
- Edmund Breese as Colonel Hastings
- Eddie Phillips as 2nd Lt. Kenneth Purdy
- Arthur Rankin as Pvt. Blondy Jones
- Jack Oakie as B.B. Brown
- Joseph P. Mack as Chaplain
- Edgar Dearing as Seargeant
- William Gorman as Bozo
- S. May Stone as Mrs. Satterlee
unbilled
- Andy Devine as Doughboy / Gate Guard
- Richard "Skeets" Gallagher as Soldier who pursues Blondy
Music
[edit]The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Finders Keepers (Losers Weepers)” by Paul Corbel and Merton H. Bories.
Preservation
[edit]This silent version of the film is preserved in The Library of Congress from elements preserved and prepared by Universal.[3] Its trailer also exists in the Library of Congress.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Finders Keepers
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Finders Keepers at silentera.com
- ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Finders Keepers
- ^ [Trailer],Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 57, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
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- 1928 films
- American silent feature films
- Universal Pictures films
- Films directed by Wesley Ruggles
- Films based on short fiction
- American black-and-white films
- Silent American comedy films
- 1928 comedy films
- Films based on works by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Surviving American silent films
- 1920s American films
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