Pleasure Before Business is a 1927 silent film comedy directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Max Davidson and Virginia Brown Faire. The film was produced and distributed by then upstart studio Columbia Pictures.[1]
| Pleasure Before Business | |
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| Directed by | Frank R. Strayer |
| Written by | William Branch |
| Produced by | Harry Cohn |
| Starring | Virginia Brown Faire |
| Cinematography | J.O. Taylor |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels; 5,569 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film (English intertitles) |
Preserved at the Library of Congress.[2]
Cast
edit- Pat O'Malley as Dr. Burke
- Virginia Browne Faire as Ruth Weinberg
- Max Davidson as Sam Weinberg
- Rosa Rosanova as Sarah Weinberg
- Lester Bernard as Morris Fishbein
- Tom McGuire as Scotchman
- Jack Raymond as Louie
- Henri Menjou as Captain
Preservation and status
editA complete copy of the film is held at the Library of Congress.[3]
References
edit- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Pleasure Before Business
- ^ Catalog of Holdings, The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress c.1978 published by The American Film Institute
- ^ "Pleasure Before Business [motion picture]". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
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