The Broadway Drifter

1927 film

  • George Walsh
  • Dorothy Hall
  • Arthur Donaldson
CinematographyMarcel Le Picard
Production
company
Excellent Pictures
Distributed byExcellent Pictures
Release date
  • April 1, 1927 (1927-04-01)
Running time
60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Broadway Drifter is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Bernard McEveety and starring George Walsh, Dorothy Hall, and Arthur Donaldson.[1][2]

Synopsis

A drifter who hangs around Broadway is disowned by his father. He tries to reform and find employment running a health institution for girls and later working at an airplane factory.

Cast

  • George Walsh as Bob Stafford
  • Dorothy Hall as Eileen Byrne
  • Bigelow Cooper as Myron Stafford
  • Arthur Donaldson as Frank Harmon
  • Paul Doucet as Phil Winston
  • Nellie Savage as Mignon Renee
  • Gladys Valerie as Laura Morris
  • Donald Laskley as Sam
  • George Offerman Jr. as Tommy

Preservation

A print of The Broadway Drifter is held in the Library and Archives Canada.[3]

References

  1. ^ Munden p. 89
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Broadway Drifter at silentera.com
  3. ^ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Broadway Drifter

Bibliography

  • 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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