Bringing Up Father | |
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Directed by | Jack Conway |
Written by | Frances Marion George McManus Ralph Spence |
Starring | Marie Dressler Polly Moran J. Farrell MacDonald Gertrude Olmstead |
Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
Edited by | Margaret Booth |
Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Bringing Up Father is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Jack Conway and starring Marie Dressler, Polly Moran, and J. Farrell MacDonald. The film was based on the newspaper comic strip Bringing Up Father by George McManus. It was remade in 1946 as a sound film, proving popular enough for a spin-off of four Jiggs and Maggie films to be made.
Cast
- Marie Dressler as Annie Moore
- Polly Moran as Maggie
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Jiggs
- Jules Cowles as Dinty Moore
- Gertrude Olmstead as Ellen
- Grant Withers as Dennis
- Andrés de Segurola as The Count
- Rose Dione as Mrs. Smith
- David Mir as Oswald
- Tenen Holtz as Ginsberg Feitelbaum
Preservation
A print was donated by MGM to George Eastman House, Rochester New York.
References
- Progressive Silent Film List: Bringing Up Father at silentera.com
- Drew p. 170
- The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Bringing Up Father
- The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Bringing Up Father
Bibliography
- Drew, Bernard A. Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide. Routledge, 2013.
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- 1928 films
- 1928 comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Silent American comedy films
- American silent feature films
- Bringing Up Father
- 1920s English-language films
- Films based on American comics
- Films based on comic strips
- Films directed by Jack Conway
- Films with screenplays by Frances Marion
- Live-action films based on comics
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s comedy film stubs