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Harry Gribbon (left) and Ernie Alexander.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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Uppercut O’Brien
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Earle Rodney
Cast: Harry Gribbon [Uppercut O’Brien], Andy Clyde [Pop Martin], Marjorie Beebe [Marge Martin, Pop’s daughter], Patsy O’Leary [the hula dancer], Bert Swor [the assistant trainer], Sid Torres [Charlie Chung], Charlie Sullivan (Charles Sullivan) [Kid Dugan]; James B. Leong [the Chinese doctor], Tony Lomberto [Dugan’s sparring partner], Jack Hill [a Filipino fighter], Trip Limbaco [a Filipino fighter], Ernie Alexander [a second], Hubert Diltz [a second], Teddy Mangean [a second], William Searby, George Spear
Mack Sennett Comedies production; distributed by Educational Film Exchanges, Incorporated [A Mack Sennett Talking Picture. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Story and dialogue (screenplay) by John A. Waldron, Earle Rodney, Hampton Del Ruth and Harry McCoy. Production supervised by Mack Sennett. Technicians, Arthur Blinn and Paul Guerin. Stunts by Pete Morrison. Photographed (cinematography) by John W. Boyle and George Unholtz (George Unholz). Edited by William Hornbeck. Presented by E.W. Hammons. / Released [?] 5 or 22? December 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Educational film release 1375. / Full-sound film.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Blackface - Sports: Boxing - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 23 November 2022.
References: Film credits : Maltin-Selected p. 95 : Website-IMDb.
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