Detectives (1928 film)

1928 film

For the West German film, see Detectives (1969 film).

Detectives

Lobby cards of the film

Directed by| Chester M. Franklin
Written by| Chester Franklin(story,scenario)
Robert Lord(story, scenario)
Produced by| Louis B. Mayer
Starring| Karl Dane
George K. Arthur
Cinematography| John Arnold
Edited by| Frank Sullivan
Distributed by| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date

* June 9, 1928 (1928-06-09)

Running time

| 7 reels
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)

Detectives is a 1928 silent film comedy produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Chester Franklin with elements of the old-house melodrama genre. The film is another outing for Karl Dane, George K. Arthur and Marceline Day. Clips of the film appeared in Robert Youngson's MGM's Big Parade of Comedy in 1965. One scene has George K. Arthur disappearing while within the hanging covers of a large canopy bed.[1][2][3]

The film is preserved by MGM.[4] A trailer is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.[5]

## Cast

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* Karl Dane as The House Detective
* George K. Arthur as The Bellhop
* Marceline Day as Lois
* Tenen Holtz as Orloff
* Felecia Drenova as Mrs. Winters
* Tetsu Komai as Chin Lee
* Clinton Lyle as Roberts

## References

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1. ^ Detectives at silentera.com
2. ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Detectives(Wayback)
4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Detectives
5. ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.43 c.1978 by The American Film Institute

## External links

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* Detectives at IMDb
* Detectives-trailer available for free download at Internet Archive

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Films directed by Chester M. Franklin

* Let Katie Do It (1916)
* Going Straight (1916)
* The Little School Ma'am (1916)
* Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916)
* A Sister of Six (1916)
* The Babes in the Woods (1917)
* Jack and the Beanstalk (1917)
* Treasure Island (1918)
* You Never Can Tell (1920)
* The Case of Becky (1921)
* A Private Scandal (1921)
* All Soul's Eve (1921)
* Nancy from Nowhere (1922)
* A Game Chicken (1922)
* The Toll of the Sea (1922)
* The Song of Love (1923)
* Where the North Begins (1923)
* Behind the Curtain (1924)
* The Silent Accuser (1924)
* Wild Justice (1925)
* The Thirteenth Hour (1927)
* Detectives (1928)
* The Stoker (1932)
* A Parisian Romance (1932)
* Vanity Fair (1932)
* File 113 (1933)
* The Iron Master (1933)
* Sequoia (1934)
* Tough Guy (1936)

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