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The Potters
The Potters
	Lobby card
Directed by	Fred C. Newmeyer; Ray Lissner (assistant)
Written by	Ray Harris (adaptation); J. Clarkson Miller; Sam Mintz (adaptation)
Based on	The Potters; by J. P. McElvoy
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse Lasky
Starring	W. C. Fields
Cinematography	Paul C. Vogel
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	January 15, 1927;
Running time	71 minutes; 7 reels (6,680 feet)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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The Potters is a lost^[1] 1927 American silent comedy film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starred comedian W. C. Fields. It is based on a play by J. P. McEvoy which had a respectable run on Broadway in the 1923–24 season.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Cast

W. C. Fields as Pa Potter
Mary Alden as Ma Potter
Ivy Harris as Mamie
Jack Egan as Bill
Richard "Skeets" Gallagher as Red Miller
Joseph W. Smiley as Rankin
Bradley Barker as Eagle

References

^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Potters
^ The Potters on Broadway, at the Plymouth Theatre, beginning Dec. 8 1923, 208 performances; IBDb.com
^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The AFI, c.1971
^ The Potters at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1927

External links

The Potters at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
Still at silentfilmstillarchive.com

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[1] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Potters

[2] The Potters on Broadway, at the Plymouth Theatre, beginning Dec. 8 1923, 208 performances; IBDb.com

[3] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 published by The AFI, c.1971

[4] The Potters at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures 1927

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