The Gay Defender
1927 film by Gregory La Cava
- December 10, 1927 (1927-12-10)
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The Gay Defender is a lost[1][2] 1927 American silent drama film directed by Gregory La Cava and written by Ray Harris, Grover Jones, Herman J. Mankiewicz, George Marion Jr., Sam Mintz, and Kenneth Raisbeck. The film stars Richard Dix, Thelma Todd, Fred Kohler, Jerry Mandy, Robert Brower, Harry Holden, and Fred Esmelton. The film was released on December 10, 1927, by Paramount Pictures.[3][4]
Cast
- Richard Dix as Joaquin Murrieta
- Thelma Todd as Ruth Ainsworth
- Fred Kohler as Jake Hamby
- Jerry Mandy as Chombo
- Robert Brower as Ferdinand Murrieta
- Harry Holden as Padre Sebastian
- Fred Esmelton as Commissioner Ainsworth
- Frances Raymond as Aunt Emily
- Ernie Adams as Bart Hamby
- Augustina López as Extra (uncredited)
References
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Gay Defender
- ^ The Gay Defender at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Lost Paramount Films - 1927
- ^ Hall, Mordaunt (December 26, 1927). "Movie Review - Blood and Roses". The New York Times. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
- ^ "The Gay Defender". Afi.com. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Gay Defender (1927 film).
- The Gay Defender at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Stills at richarddix.org
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Films directed by Gregory La Cava
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- So's Your Old Man (1926)
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- Big News (1929)
- Saturday's Children (1929)
- His First Command (1929)
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- Symphony of Six Million (1932)
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- Bed of Roses (1933)
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- What Every Woman Knows (1934)
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- Private Worlds (1935)
- She Married Her Boss (1935)
- My Man Godfrey (1936)
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- Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)
- Primrose Path (1940)
- Unfinished Business (1941)
- Lady in a Jam (1942)
- Living in a Big Way (1947)
- One Touch of Venus (1948)
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