Brotherly Love (1928 film)
Brotherly Love is a 1928 part-silent, part-talkie comedy film produced and distributed by MGM and directed by Charles Reisner. It is a starring vehicle for the comedy team of Karl Dane and George K. Arthur. Young Jean Arthur supports the comedy duo. While essentially a silent film, the movie had music with sound effects and talking sequences.[1][2]
| Brotherly Love | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Charles Reisner |
| Produced by | MGM |
| Written by | Earl Baldwin (scenario) Lew Lipton (scenario) Robert Hopkins (intertitles) |
| Starring | Karl Dane George K. Arthur Jean Arthur |
| Cinematography | Henry Sharp (*French) |
| Edited by | George Hively |
| Distributed by | MGM |
Release date |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent...(English intertitles) |
Some publicity photos from the film show Dane with Buster Keaton, but it is not clear whether Keaton had a cameo in the film that was later cut or merely posed for a gag photo while visiting the set.[3]
One copy, with sound discs, is in the collection of the UCLA Film & Television Archive.[4] The Library of Congress database lists no copies.[5]
Cast
- Karl Dane - Oscar
- George K. Arthur - Jerry
- Jean Arthur - Mary
- Richard Carlyle - Warden Brown
- Edward Connelly - Coggswell
- Marcia Harris - Mrs. Coggswell
References
- The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Brotherly Love
- The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Brotherly Love
- "Keaton & Karl". The Lost Laugh. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=143&recCount=50&recPointer=2&bibId=148932
- The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'Brotherly Love
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