The Hottentot is a lost[1][2] 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.[3]
| 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 | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (All-Talking) English |
A previous silent version was produced by Thomas H. Ince in 1922, starring Douglas MacLean.[4][5]
Plot
editSam 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
editThe 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
edit- 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
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The Hottentot, 1922 film, at the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog
- ^ The Hottentot at Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers films - 1929
- ^ The Hottentot, as produced on Broadway, March-June 1920, at the George M. Cohan Theatre
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Hottentot
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Hottentot (1922) at silentera.com
External links
edit- The Hottentot at IMDb
- Newspaper advertisement
- The Hottentot 1929 (Complete Vitaphone Soundtrack to International Sound Version) Part 1 on YouTube
- The Hottentot 1929 (Complete Vitaphone Soundtrack to International Sound Version) Part 2 on YouTube
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