The Shannons of Broadway (1929)
The Shannons, a vaudeville act, are performing in a New England town when the local hotel owner barges in and yanks his daughter Tessie, who is in the audience with her boyfriend Chuck, out of the theater. Young Mickey Shannon confronts the father, and the upshot is that Chuck's wealthy father threatens to foreclose on the hotel. The Shannons wind up buying the hotel, but it turns out not to be quite the deal they thought it was.
Director: Emmett J. Flynn
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James Gleason as Mickey Shannon |
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Lucile Gleason as Emma Shannon |
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Mary Philbin as Tessie Swanzey |
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John Breeden as Chuck |
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Tom Santschi as Bradford |
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Harry Tyler as Eddie Allen |
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Gladys Crolius as Alice Allen |
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Helen Mehrmann as Minerva |
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Robert T. Haines as Albee |
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Slim Summerville as Newt |
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Tom Kennedy as Burt |
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Walter Brennan as Hez |
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Charley Grapewin as Swanzey |
| Directing | Emmett J. Flynn | Director |
| Writing | James Gleason | Writer |
| Writing | Agnes Christine Johnston | Writer |
| Crew | Jerome Ash | Cinematography |
| Editing | Byron Robinson | Editor |
| Sound | Joe Lapis | Sound Engineer |