For fifteen years, vaudeville comedian "Twisty" has struggled for his big break, holding onto nothing but faith—and a small ivory elephant charm he believes brings him luck. One day, he’s summoned to the office of big-time producer Greening, certain that his moment has finally come.
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Joe E. Brown as Twisty
Gertrude Olmstead as Kathlyn Carson
William Bailey as Tremaine
Gertrude Astor as Trece
Ole M. Ness as Goldstein
Lee Shumway as Greening
William Francis Dugan as Teague
Ione Holmes as Charlotte Van
LeRoy Mason as Woody
Frank Mills as Barnes
Daphne Pollard as The Slavey
Cosmo Kyrle Bellew as Carson
Katharine Irving as Grace Wearing the Tuxedo Outfit (uncredited)
Ralph Ince Director
Edgar Allan Woolf Dialogue
Robert Martin Director of Photography
George M. Arthur Editor
Walter Plunkett Costume Designer
Thomas Atkins Assistant Director
Josiah Zuro Music
Enid Hibbard Continuity
United States 08 July 1928
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1928:
15 January 1928
This western comedy is about rancher Finlayson's beautiful daughter, Martha Sleeper, who refuses to marry the bad guy and how Jimmy and dimwitted cowhand Stan bumble their way into a successful defense of her and the ranch.
14 January 1928
A press sheet printed in Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World in 1928 put forth the suggestion that “people in the need of a good hearty laugh should take this opportunity of getting it” by seeing a newly released comedy by Warner Bros.
22 September 1928
Mary Ann has a liking toward Wheezer. Her mother tells her that if she gives him cod liver oil, he can become a giant.
01 October 1928
Episode #3 of the third series of the Universal Pictures serial "The Collegians".
06 November 1928
Hollywood actresses including Jeanette Loff and Raquel Torres modeling Spring fashions in color.
04 June 1928
An Arab prince born and raised in the desert and a beautiful Frenchwoman from Paris fall in love and marry, but the tremendous differences in their backgrounds and the cultural differences between their two different societies put strains on their marriage that may well prove irreparable.
16 September 1928
One of a handful of currently unavailable Hal Roach/MGM “Our Gang” silent films, School Begins was a series of gags built around the unenviable ritual of returning to school during the first week of September.
14 March 1928
Rose Shannon, a dancing girl at "Kelly's," in the 'Tenderloin' district of New York City, worships at a distance Chuck White, a younger member of the gang that uses the place as their hangout.
30 September 1928
Tom Hardy (Tom Mix), a pony express rider, is carrying government gold in a coach to Wassatch accompanied by Alice Calhoun (Sharon Lynn) , the daughter of the US telegraph survey station.
19 December 1928
Herbert Pomeroy's wife Juanita spends his money extravagantly and irresponsibly, finally driving him to bankruptcy.
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