The Cradle Snatchers
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Howard Hawks
Director
Louise Fazenda
Susan Martin
J. Farrell Macdonald
George Martin
Ethel Wales
Ethel Drake
Franklin Pangborn
Howard Drake
Dorothy Phillips
Kitty Ladd
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Jun
5,
1927
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 28 May 1927
Production Company
Fox Film Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Cradle Snatchers, a Farce-Comedy in Three Acts by Russell G. Medcraft and Norma Mitchell (New York, c1931).
Technical Specs
Duration
59m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
6,281ft
(7 reels)
Synopsis
To cure their flirtatious husbands of consorting with flappers, three wives--Susan Martin, Ethel Drake, and Kitty Ladd--arrange with three college boys--Henry Winton, Oscar, and Joe Valley--to flirt with them at a house party. Joe Valley, who poses as a hot-blooded Spaniard, is vamped by Ginsberg in female attire, and Oscar, a bashful Swede, uses caveman methods when aroused. During a rehearsal of the party, the three husbands arrive, followed by their flapper friends, leading to comic complications that are resolved.
Director
Howard Hawks
Director
Cast
Louise Fazenda
Susan Martin
J. Farrell Macdonald
George Martin
Ethel Wales
Ethel Drake
Franklin Pangborn
Howard Drake
Dorothy Phillips
Kitty Ladd
William Davidson
Roy Ladd
Joseph Striker
Joe Valley
Nick Stuart
Henry Winton
Arthur Lake
Oscar
Dione Ellis
Ann Hall
Sammy Cohen
Ike Ginsberg
Tyler Brook
Osteopath
Crew
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Jun
5,
1927
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 28 May 1927
Production Company
Fox Film Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Cradle Snatchers, a Farce-Comedy in Three Acts by Russell G. Medcraft and Norma Mitchell (New York, c1931).
Technical Specs
Duration
59m
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
6,281ft
(7 reels)
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Notes
In 1929, Fox remade the film as a musical, under the title Why Leave Home.
