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Finnegan's Ball

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Finnegan's Ball
Directed byJames P. Hogan
Written byMax Graf
Based onFinnegan's Ball by George H. Emerick
Produced byMax Graf
StarringBlanche Mehaffey
Mack Swain
Cullen Landis
CinematographyBlake Wagner
Production
company
Graf Brothers Studio
Distributed byFirst Division Pictures
Release date
  • September 15, 1927 (1927-09-15)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Finnegan's Ball is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Blanche Mehaffey, Mack Swain and Cullen Landis.[1] It is based on an 1894 Broadway play of the same title.[2]

Synopsis

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The Finnegan family emigrate from Ireland to the United States, but get into a dispute with their neighbors the Flannigans. The Finnegans mistakenly believe they have inherited a large fortune and become very snobbish, but all is resolved by a marriage between the two families.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Connelly p.83
  2. ^ Munden p.246

Bibliography

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  • Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
  • Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
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