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Smith’s Burglar
Also known as {The Burglar}
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Phil Whitman

Cast: Raymond McKee [Jimmy Smith], Ruth Hiatt [Mabel Smith, Jimmy’s wife], Mary Ann Jackson [Bubbles Smith], Otto Fries [Gaspipe McGook, the bungalow burglar], Sunshine Hart [Mabel’s mother], Billy Gilbert [Mabel’s father], Paralee Coleman [Magnolia, Mandy’s daughter], Irene Allen [Mandy], Tiny Ward [a policeman], Alma Bennett, Jack Eshbaugh, Ray Jones

Mack Sennett Comedies production; distributed by [?] Pathé Exchange, Incorporated? / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Nick Barrows (Nicholas T. Barrows) and Frank Capra + [Vernon Smith and Earle Rodney]. Production supervision by John A. Waldron. Properties by Leonard Koch, Babe Stafford and G. Umberger. Assistant director, Harry Connett. Cinematography by John W. Boyle and Frank Heisler [?] + [St. Elmo Boyce, Vernon L. Walker and William Williams]? Camera assistant, Cliff King. Film editor, William Hornbeck. Intertitles written by Paul Perez and Maurice Stephens. / Released 9 December 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Attributions to Frank Capra directing this film are in error, / Silent film.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 January 2025.

References: Leish-Cinema p. ?; McBride-Capra p. 722 : Website-IMDb.

 
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