The Little Accident

1930 film

The Little Accident

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| William James Craft
Screenplay by| Gladys Lehman
Gene Towne
Based on| Little Accident (play)
by Floyd Dell and Thomas Mitchell
Produced by| Carl Laemmle, Jr.
Starring| Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Anita Page
Sally Blane
ZaSu Pitts
Joan Marsh
Roscoe Karns
Cinematography| Roy Overbaugh
Edited by| Harry W. Lieb

Production
company

Universal Pictures

Distributed by| Universal Pictures

Release date

* August 3, 1930 (1930-08-03)

Running time

| 82 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

The Little Accident is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William James Craft and written by Gladys Lehman and Gene Towne, based on the 1927 novel An Unmarried Father by Floyd Dell and the 1928 play Little Accident by Dell and Thomas Mitchell. The film stars Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Anita Page, Sally Blane, ZaSu Pitts, Joan Marsh, and Roscoe Karns. The film was released on August 3, 1930, by Universal Pictures.[1][2][3] It was remade by Universal in 1939 as Little Accident, and by RKO Radio Pictures in 1944 with Gary Cooper as Casanova Brown.

## Plot

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On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.

## Cast

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* Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. as Norman Overbeck
* Anita Page as Isabel
* Sally Blane as Madge
* ZaSu Pitts as Monica
* Joan Marsh as Doris
* Roscoe Karns as Gilbert
* Slim Summerville as Hicks
* Henry Armetta as Rudolpho Amendelara
* Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Overbeck
* Albert Gran as Mr. Overbeck
* Nora Cecil as Dr. Zernecke
* Bertha Mann as Miss Hemingway
* Gertrude Short as Miss Clark
* Dot Farley as Mrs. Van Dine

## See also

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* A Father Without Knowing It (1932)
* Unexpected Father (1939)
* Casanova Brown (1944)
* Broadway comedy Little Accident (1928)

## References

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1. ^ "The Little Accident (1930) - Overview". TCM.com. August 1, 1930. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
2. ^ Hal Erickson (2016). "The-Little-Accident - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 7, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
3. ^ "The Little Accident". Afi.com. Retrieved December 27, 2015.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Little Accident.

* The Little Accident at IMDb
* Synopsis at AllMovie

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