The Patent Leather Kid (1927)

Director:

Alfred Santell

Writers:

Gerald C. Duffy (titles)
Winifred Dunn (writer)

Release Date:

1 September 1927 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

The One Picture You MUST SEE

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Richard Barthelmess	...	Patent Leather Kid
Molly O'Day	...	Curley Boyle, the Golden Dancer
Lawford Davidson	...	Lieutenant Hugo Breen
Matthew Betz	...	Jake Stuke
Arthur Stone	...	Jimmy Kinch
Ray Turner	...	Mabile Molasses (as Raymond Turner)
Hank Mann	...	Sergeant
Walter James	...	Officer Riley
Lucien Prival	...	The German Officer
Nigel De Brulier	...	The French Doctor
Fred O'Beck	...	Tank Crew
Clifford Salam	...	Tank Crew
Henry Murdock	...	Tank Crew
Charles Sullivan	...	Tank Crew
John Kolb	...	Tank Crew

Runtime:

150 min

Country:

USA

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Company:

First National Pictures

Trivia:

This silent film opened at the Globe Theatre in New York City (Broadway and 46th) and the orchestra accompanying the film was conducted by Frank Cork. The presentation was by Joseph Plunkett: his staff was Carl Edouarde, Jacques Grunberg, Henry Dreyfuss, and Cecil Copping.

Barthelmess Boxing Film a popular silent hit.

This two and a half hour (long for a non-epic silent)exploration of the boxing life, its corruptions, its loyalties, its romance, is an effective late silent film and a showcase for the acting talents of Richard Barthelmess, who earned an Oscar nomination for his performance here. It's well done, though at times hokey plot-wise. Its length does it in - it gets incredibly boring at times. It exists as an archive print at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.