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The Life of Riley
Also known as Rabo de Saia in Brazil; Tout feu, tout flammes in France; 与太成功記 in Japan; Atribulações de um Inventor in Portugal; Red Hot Riley in the United Kingdom
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6712 feet
Directed by William Beaudine

Cast: Charles Murray [Timothy Riley, the fire chief], George Sidney [Otto Meyer, the police chief], Stephen Carr [Steve Meyer], June Marlowe [Molly O’Rourke], Myrtle Stedman [Penelope Jones], Sam Hardy [Al Montague], Bert Woodruff [Aaron Brown], Edwards Davis [John King]

First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Produced by E.M. Asher. Scenario by Curtis Benton, from an adaptation by Howard J. Green of a story by Mann Page. Gag writer, Jack Wagner. Pyrotechnics by Harry Redmond Sr. Cinematography by Charles Van Enger. Intertitles written by Gene Towne and Sidney Lazarus. / © 8 September 1927 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP24377]. Premiered 3 September 1927 in New York, New York. Released 18 September 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the United Kingdom by First National-Pathé Pictures as Red Hot Riley on 6 December 1927. The film was released in Portugal as Atribulações de um Inventor on 3 March 1930. / Silent film.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 11 April 2020.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

 
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