Johnny Get Your Hair Cut is a 1927 silent American comedy film directed by B. Reeves Eason starring Jackie Coogan and featuring Harry Carey.[1] A print is preserved by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but is not publicly available.[2]
| Johnny Get Your Hair Cut | |
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 Lobby card. | |
| Directed by | B. Reeves Eason Archie Mayo |
| Written by | Gerald Beaumont Florence Ryerson Ralph Spence |
| Starring | Harry Carey |
| Cinematography | Frank B. Good |
| Edited by | Sam Zimbalist |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Cast edit
- Jackie Coogan as Johnny O'Day
- Harry Carey
- James Corrigan as Pop Slocum
- Maurice Costello as Baxter Ryan
- Bobby Doyle as Bobby Dolin
- Knute Erickson as Whip Evans
- Pat Hartigan as Jiggs Bradley
- Mattie Witting as Mother Slap
Production edit
The film was seen by MGM as a way to transition Coogan from a child star to a more serious adult actor. To this end, the company had Coogan change his haircut from a Dutch bob.[3] Coogan's father hired Eason as director following his work on 1925's Ben-Hur.[3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Johnny Get Your Hair Cut". silentera.com. Retrieved October 4, 2009.
- ^ "Johnny Get Your Hair Cut / Mattie Witting [motion picture]". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ a b Timothy, Shary, ed. (2021). Cinemas of Boyhood - Masculinity, Sexuality, Nationality. Berghahn Books. pp. 120–121, 131–132. ISBN 9781789209952.
External links edit
- Johnny Get Your Hair Cut at IMDb
- Johnny Get Your Hair Cut at AllMovie
- Stills at silenthollywood.com
- Stills at classicmoviekids.com
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