A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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On Your Toes
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5918 feet
Directed by Fred Newmeyer

Cast: Reginald Denny [Elliott Beresford], Barbara Worth [Mary Sullivan], Hayden Stevenson [Jack Sullivan], Frank Hagney [Mello], Mary Carr [grandmother], Gertrude Howard [Mammy], George West [Mose], Leon Janney [Elliott Beresford, as a boy]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [A Fred Newmeyer Production; Universal-Jewel; It’s a Universal]. / Scenario by Earl Snell (Earle Snell) and Gladys Lehman, from the adaptation by Pierre Conderc (Charles Francis Royal) and James Davis of a screen story by Earl Snell (Earle Snell). Cinematography by Ross Fisher. Intertitles written by Albert De Mond. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 21 November 1927 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP24682]. Released 27 November 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Use Your Feet. / Silent film.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Athletes: Boxers - Dance: Dancers, Teachers - Sports: Boxing: Boxers, Managers - Transportation: Taxicabs: Drivers - USA: New York (New York), Virginia

Listing updated: 16 April 2024.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 56; Limbacher-Feature p. 179 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.