The Brown Derby (film)

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The Brown Derby
Directed by	Charles Hines
Written by	J.P. McGowan Bert Wheeler Howard J. Green (uncredited)[1]
Based on	The Brown Derby by Brian Marlow and E.S. Merlin
Produced by	C.C. Burr
Starring	Johnny Hines Ruth Dwyer Edmund Breese
Cinematography	George Peters Albert Wetzel Al Wilson
Edited by	George Amy
Production company	C.C. Burr Productions
Distributed by	First National Pictures
Release date	July 4, 1926 (1926-07-04)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Brown Derby is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Hines and starring Johnny Hines, Ruth Dwyer, and Edmund Breese.^[2][3] A young plumber inherits a brown Derby hat from his uncle, which is said to bring good luck to its owner. While wearing it fortune does seem to smile on him, although it is in fact a case of mistaken identity.

The film survives in the archives of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), UCLA Film and Television Archive, and National Archives of Canada.^[4]

• 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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