Bringing_Up_Father_(1928_film) References

Bringing Up Father
Bringing Up Father
	Lobby card
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
Release date	March 17, 1928;
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.^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

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.

External links

Bringing Up Father at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

External links

Bringing Up Father at IMDb

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[1] Progressive Silent Film List: Bringing Up Father at silentera.com

[2] Drew p. 170

[3] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Bringing Up Father

[4] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Bringing Up Father

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