Potash and Perlmutter
Lantern slide
Directed byClarence G. Badger
Written byFrances Marion (screenplay)
Montague Glass (titles)
Based onPotash and Perlmutter
by Montague Glass and Charles Klein
Produced bySamuel Goldwyn
Production
company
Distributed byAssociated First National
Release date
  • September 6, 1923 (1923-09-06)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Potash and Perlmutter is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger. The film is based on an ethnic Jewish comedy with characters created by Montague Glass and Charles Klein for a 1913 Broadway play of the same name which ran for 441 performances.[1] The play is based on the 1909 book of the same name by Montague Glass. This film is notable as the first release of Samuel Goldwyn's independent production company.[2][3]

Stage stars Alexander Carr and Barney Bernard reprise their famous roles from the play in this film.

The film's success would inspire two Goldwyn sequels, In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924) and Partners Again (1926). In 1927, the UK division of Phonofilm produced a short film with Augustus Yorke (1860-1939) and Nicholas Adams playing Potash and Perlmutter.

Cast

Preservation

With no prints of Potash and Perlmutter located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film.[4]


References

  1. ↑ Internet Broadway Database entry
  2. ↑ IMDB entry
  3. ↑ Marill, Alvin H. (1976). Samuel Goldwyn presents. A.S. Barnes. p. 39. ISBN 0498016587.
  4. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Potash and Perlmutter
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