Cradle Snatchers is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Howard Hawks. The picture is based on the 1925 Russell Medcraft and Norma Mitchell stage play of the same name that starred Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver, Raymond Hackett, Gene Raymond, and Humphrey Bogart.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Howard Hawks |
| Written by | Sarah Y. Mason (scenario) Malcolm Stuart Boylan (intertitles) |
| Based on | Cradle Snatchers by Russell Medcraft and Norma Mitchell |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Starring | Louise Fazenda Dorothy Phillips Ethel Wales |
| Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
| Distributed by | Fox Film |
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Running time | 7 reels; 6,281 feet |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The film was remade as Why Leave Home? (1929).[3]
Plot
editThree unhappy, middle-aged housewives teach their adulterous husbands a lesson by starting affairs with college-aged men during the jazz age.
Cast
edit- Louise Fazenda as Susan Martin
- Ethel Wales as Ethel Drake
- Dorothy Phillips as Kitty Ladd
- J. Farrell MacDonald as George Martin
- Franklin Pangborn as Howard Drake
- William B. Davidson as Roy Ladd
- Joseph Striker as Joe Valley
- Nick Stuart as Henry Winton
- Arthur Lake as Oscar
- Diane Ellis as Ann Hall (credited as Dione Ellis)
- Sammy Cohen as Ike Ginsberg
- Tyler Brooke as Osteopath
Preservation
editAn incomplete print of Cradle Snatchers, missing part of reel 3 and all of reel 4, is in the collection of the Library of Congress.[4]
References
edit- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Cradle Snatchers at silentera.com
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Cradle Snatchers
- ^ American Film Institute (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. 1921-1930. Vol. F2. University of California Press. p. 898. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Cradle Snatchers
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cradle Snatchers.
- Cradle Snatchers at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Press or lobby advert
- Stills and lobby cards at Howard Hawks Hollywood website
- Cradle Snatchers on YouTube (incomplete version)
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