Two Flaming Youths

Two Flaming Youths
Two Flaming Youths
	Film poster
Directed by	John Waters
Screenplay by	John W. Conway; Donald Davis; Percy Heath; Herman J. Mankiewicz
Produced by	John Waters; Jesse L. Lasky; Adolph Zukor
Starring	W. C. Fields; Chester Conklin; Mary Brian; Jack Luden; George Irving; Cissy Fitzgerald
Cinematography	H. Kinley Martin
Edited by	Rose Loewinger
Production; company	Famous Players–Lasky Corporation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 17, 1927;
Running time	55 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Two Flaming Youths is a lost^[1] 1927 American silent comedy film directed by John Waters and written by John W. Conway, Donald Davis, Percy Heath, and Herman J. Mankiewicz. The film stars W. C. Fields, Chester Conklin, Mary Brian, Jack Luden, George Irving, and Cissy Fitzgerald. The film was released on December 17, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Sheriff Ben Holden is in love with hotel owner Madge Malarkey when down-and-out carnival man Gabby Gilfoil shows up, hoping to take her for some money. Gilfoil is mistaken for the wanted man Slippery Sawtelle. Neither suitor gets Malarkey but do manage to take her husband (wealthy Simeon Trott) for a bundle.

Cast

W. C. Fields as Gabby Gilfoil
Chester Conklin as Sheriff Ben Holden
Mary Brian as Mary Gilfoil
Jack Luden as Tony Holden
George Irving as Simeon Trott
Cissy Fitzgerald as Madge Malarkey
James Quinn as Slippery Sawtelle (credited as Jimmy Quinn)
Ben Bard as Bard (as Pearl and Bard)
Jay Brennan as Brennan (as Savoy and Brennan)
Bobby Clark as Clark (as Clark & McCullough)
Max Dill as Dill (of Kolb and Dill)
Vivian Duncan as Vivian Duncan
Lew Fields as Fields (as Weber and Fields)
Clarence Kolb as Kolb (as Kolb and Dill) (credited as C. William Kolb)
Charles Mack as Mack as part of Moran and Mack (Two Black Crows)
Chester Morton as The Human Pin Cushion
Lee W. Parker as The Tattooed Man
Jack Pearl as Pearl (as Pearl and Bard)
Billy Platt as The Dwarf (as William Platt)
Stanley Rogers as Savoy (as Savoy & Brennan)
John Seresheff as The Strong Man
Joe Weber as Weber (as Weber and Fields)
John Aasen as The Giant (uncredited)
Wallace Beery as Beery - of Beery and Hatton (uncredited)
Rosetta Duncan as Rosetta Duncam (uncredited)
Raymond Hatton as Hatton - of Beery and Hatton (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady as Minor Role (uncredited)

References

^ American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Two Flaming Youths
^ "Movie Review - A Texas Steer - THE SCREEN; The Showman". nytimes.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.
^ "Two Flaming Youths". afi.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.

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[1] American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Two Flaming Youths

[2] "Movie Review - A Texas Steer - THE SCREEN; The Showman". nytimes.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.

[3] "Two Flaming Youths". afi.com. Retrieved February 11, 2015.

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