"They're off for the fastest, funniest, most furious comedy run in history! "The Hottentot" wins! High explosive hilarity! Dynamited with laughter!" 10 August 1929 Comedy 79 mins
The Hottentot is a lost 1929 American pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller. It is based on a 1920 Broadway play, The Hottentot, by William Collier, Sr. and Victor Mapes.
Watch the official The Hottentot 1929 trailer in HD below.
Edward Everett Horton as Sam Harrington
Patsy Ruth Miller as Peggy Fairfax
Douglas Gerrard as Swift
Edward Earle as Larry Crawford
Stanley Taylor as Alec Fairfax
Gladys Brockwell as Mrs. Chadwick
Maude Turner Gordon as May Gilford
Otto Hoffman as Perkins
Edmund Breese as Ollie
Roy Del Ruth Director
William Collier Sr. Original Story
Victor Mapes Original Story
Barney McGill Cinematography
Owen Marks Editor
Cecil Copping Music
Harvey F. Thew Adaptation
United States 10 August 1929
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Here is Part 1 of The Survivable Vitaphone Sound-On-Disc of The Lost Pre-Code film The Hottentot Starring Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller.
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