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Detectives (1928 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Detectives' is a 1928 silent film comedy produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Chester Franklin with elements of the old-house melodrama genre. The film is another outing for Karl Dane, George K. Arthur and Marceline Day. Clips of the film appeared in Robert Youngson's 'MGM's Big Parade of Comedy' in 1965. One scene has George K. Arthur disappearing while within the hanging covers of a large canopy bed.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/Detectives1928.html 'Detectives' at silentera.com]'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30' by The American Film Institute, c.1971[https://web.archive.org/web/20170711083122/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=3721 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:'Detectives'](Wayback)
The film is preserved by MGM.[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2728/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:'Detectives'] A trailer is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.'Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress' p.43 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
Cast
*Karl Dane as The House Detective
*George K. Arthur as The Bellhop
*Marceline Day as Lois
*Tenen Holtz as Orloff
*Felecia Drenova as Mrs. Winters
*Tetsu Komai as Chin Lee
*Clinton Lyle as Roberts
References
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