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Finnegan's Ball
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Wikipedia article
'Finnegan's Ball' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Blanche Mehaffey, Mack Swain and Cullen Landis.Connelly p.83 It is based on an 1894 Broadway play of the same title.Munden p.246
Synopsis
The Finnegan family emigrate from Ireland to the United States, but get into a dispute with their neighbors the Flannigans. The Finnegans mistakenly believe they have inherited a large fortune and become very snobbish, but all is resolved by a marriage between the two families.
Cast
* Blanche Mehaffey as Molly Finnegan
* Mack Swain as Patrick Flannigan
* Cullen Landis as Flannigan Jr
* Aggie Herring as Maggie Finnegan
* Charles McHugh as Danny Finnegan Sr
* Westcott Clarke as Lawyer O'Connell
* Kewpie Morgan as Judge Morgan
* Mimi Finnegan as Danny Finnegan Jr
* Harry Bowen as Cop
References
Bibliography
* Connelly, Robert B. 'The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2'. December Press, 1998.
* Munden, Kenneth White. 'The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1'. University of California Press, 1997.
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