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'''''The Potters''''' is a [[lost film|lost]]<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8356/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Potters'']</ref> 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. McElvoy which had a respectable run on Broadway in the 1923-24 season.<ref>[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=8928 ''The Potters'' on Broadway, at the Plymouth Theatre, beginning Dec. 8 1923, 208 performances; IBDb.com]</ref><ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' published by The AFI, c.1971</ref><ref>[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneparamountpictures.html ''The Potters'' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: ''Paramount Pictures 1927'']</ref>
'''''The Potters''''' is a [[lost film|lost]]<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8356/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Potters'']</ref> 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.<ref>[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=8928 ''The Potters'' on Broadway, at the Plymouth Theatre, beginning Dec. 8 1923, 208 performances; IBDb.com]</ref><ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' published by The AFI, c.1971</ref><ref>[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneparamountpictures.html ''The Potters'' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: ''Paramount Pictures 1927'']</ref>


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Latest revision as of 00:03, 26 January 2024

The Potters
Lobby card
Directed byFred C. Newmeyer
Ray Lissner (assistant)
Written byRay Harris (adaptation)
J. Clarkson Miller
Sam Mintz (adaptation)
Based onThe Potters
by J. P. McElvoy
Produced byAdolph Zukor
Jesse Lasky
StarringW. C. Fields
CinematographyPaul C. Vogel
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • January 15, 1927 (1927-01-15)
Running time
71 minutes; 7 reels (6,680 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

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]

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