Kid Boots (film)
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| Directed by | Frank Tuttle |
| Written by | Luther Reed (adaptation) Tom Gibson (screenplay) George Marion Jr. (titles) |
| Based on | Kid Boots by William Anthony McGuire and Otto Harbach |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | Eddie Cantor Clara Bow |
| Cinematography | Victor Milner |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Kid Boots is a 1926 American silent feature comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle, and based on the 1923 musical written by William Anthony McGuire and Otto Harbach.[1] This was entertainer Eddie Cantor's first film. A print is preserved at the Library of Congress.[2][3][4][5]
Plot[]
After a stranger helps him out of a jam with a bully, Samuel "Kid" Boots tries to return the favor by helping his new friend get free from a gold-digging wife.
Cast[]
- Eddie Cantor as Samuel (Kid) Boots
- Clara Bow as Clara McCoy
- Billie Dove as Eleanor Belmore
- Lawrence Gray as Tom Sterling
- Natalie Kingston as Carmen Mendoza
- Malcolm Waite as Big Boyle
- William Worthington as Eleanor's Father
- Harry von Meter as Eleanor's Lawyer
- Fred Esmelton as Tom's Lawyer
- Aud Cruster (uncredited)
- William Orlamond as Tailor (uncredited)
- Rolfe Sedan as Physical Therapist (uncredited)
See also[]
- A Few Moments With Eddie Cantor, Star of "Kid Boots" (1924) short film made in the sound-on-film Phonofilm process, with Cantor performing an excerpt of Kid Boots
References[]
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Kid Boots
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Kid Boots at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30, The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress by The American Film Institute, c.1978
- ^ The Library of congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Kid Boots
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- 1926 films
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- Famous Players-Lasky films
- 1926 romantic comedy films
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