The Brown Derby (film)

The Brown Derby
Directed by	Charles Hines
Written by	(play) (play) J.P. McGowan Bert Wheeler Howard J. Green (uncredited)[1]
Produced by
Starring	Johnny Hines Ruth Dwyer Edmund Breese
Cinematography
Edited by	George Amy
Production company	C.C. Burr Productions
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	July 4, 1926
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Brown Derby is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines and starring Johnny Hines, Ruth Dwyer, and Edmund Breese.^[2] A young plumber inherits a brown Derby hat from his uncle, which is said to bring good luck to its owner. While wearing it fortune does seem to smile on him, although it is in fact a case of mistaken identity.

Cast[]

• Johnny Hines as Tommy Burke
• Diana Kane as Edith Worthing
• Ruth Dwyer as Betty Caldwell
• Flora Finch as Aunt Anna
• Edmund Breese as John J. Caldwell
• J. Barney Sherry as Capt. Shay
• Bradley Barker as Robert Farrell
• Herbert Standing as Adolph Plummer (*Herbert Standing died in 1923; the Herbert Standing here is probably his son Herbert Standing Jr.)
• as Frank Boyle
• as Sam

Preservation status[]

• The film survives in the archives of the Museum of Modern Art(MOMA), UCLA Film and Television and The National Archives of Canada.^[3]

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links[]

• The Brown Derby at IMDb

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