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1929 film

The Hottentot
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Directed by	Roy Del Ruth
Screenplay by	Harvey Thew (adaptation)
Based on	The Hottentot by William Collier, Sr. and Victor Mapes
Starring	Edward Everett Horton Patsy Ruth Miller
Cinematography	Barney McGill
Edited by	Owen Marks
Music by	Cecil Copping Alois Reiser
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	August 10, 1929 (1929-08-10)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (All-Talking) English

The Hottentot is a lost 1929 American all-talking sound pre-Code comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller. It is based on the 1920 Broadway play The Hottentot by William Collier, Sr. and Victor Mapes.

A previous silent version was produced by Thomas H. Ince in 1922, starring Douglas MacLean.

Plot

Sam Harrington (Edward Everrett Horton) is a simple horse lover who is mistaken for a champion steeplechase jockey and prevailed upon by Peggy Fairfax (Patsy Ruth Miller) to take part in an upcoming race.

Preservation

The sound disc for the International Sound Version are extant. This version of the film had all dialogue replaced with music and foreign language inter-titles while any non-dialogue portions of the film (e.g., those that featured music or sound effects) remained intact.

Cast

Edward Everett Horton as Sam Harrington
Patsy Ruth Miller as Peggy Fairfax
Douglas Gerrard as Swift
Edward Earle as Larry Crawford
Stanley Taylor as Alec Fairfax
Gladys Brockwell as Mrs. Chadwick
Maude Turner Gordon as May Gilford
Otto Hoffman as Perkins
Edmund Breese as Ollie

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Films directed by Roy Del Ruth

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