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  James Finlayson and Theda Bara.
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Madame Mystery
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Richard Wallace and Stan Laurel

Cast: Theda Bara [Madame Mysterieux], Tyler Brooke [the hungry artist], James Finlayson [the struggling author], Oliver Hardy [Captain Schmaltz], Fred Malatesta [‘The Man of a Thousand Eyes’], Martha Sleeper, Sam Brooks (Sammy Brooks), Helen Gilmore, William Gillespie, R.E. Madeson, Marguerite Gonzalez

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [Pathécomedy]. / Produced by Hal Roach. Scenario by Carl Harbaugh, Krag Johnson, Grover Jones, Stan Laurel, Hal Roach and Hal Yates. Costume design by Will Lambert. Props by Morey Lightfoot and Leo Samwell. Teacher, Elva Nelson. Supervising director, F. Richard Jones. Assistant directors, Sherbourne Shields and Jean Yarbrough. Cinematography by Floyd Jackman, Harry W. Gerstad and Len Powers. Cartoonist, E.H. Young. Film editor, Richard C. Currier. Intertitles written by H.M. Walker. Negative cutter, R.L. Muesler. Presented by Hal Roach. / Released [?] 12 March or 18 April? 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot from December 1925 through January 1926. [?] The film may have been rereleased in the USA by Chadwick Pictures Corporation.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists [9.5mm reduction positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 September 2017.

References: Lahue-World p. 152b; Skretvedt-Magic p. 71; Vermilye-Twenties p. 132 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.

 
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