Finnegan's Ball

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| name = Finnegan's Ball

| image =File:Finnegan's Ball.jpg

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| director =James P. Hogan

| producer =Max Graf

|based_on = Finnegan's Ball by George H. Emerick

| writer = Max Graf

| narrator =

| starring =Blanche Mehaffey
Mack Swain
Cullen Landis

| music =

| cinematography =Blake Wagner

| editing =

| studio =Graf Brothers Studio

| distributor = First Division Pictures

| released ={{Film date|1927|09|15}}

| runtime =70 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent
English intertitles

| budget =

| gross =

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Finnegan's Ball is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by James P. Hogan and starring Blanche Mehaffey, Mack Swain and Cullen Landis.Connelly p.83 It is based on an 1894 Broadway play of the same title.Munden p.246

Synopsis

The Finnegan family emigrate from Ireland to the United States, but get into a dispute with their neighbors the Flannigans. The Finnegans mistakenly believe they have inherited a large fortune and become very snobbish, but all is resolved by a marriage between the two families.

Cast

Blanche Mehaffey as Molly Finnegan
Mack Swain as Patrick Flannigan
Cullen Landis as Flannigan Jr
Aggie Herring as Maggie Finnegan
Charles McHugh as Danny Finnegan Sr
Westcott Clarke as Lawyer O'Connell
Kewpie Morgan as Judge Morgan
Mimi Finnegan as Danny Finnegan Jr
Harry Bowen as Cop

References

Bibliography

Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

{{IMDb title|0017884}}

Category:1927 films

Category:1927 comedy films

Category:1920s English-language films

Category:American silent feature films

Category:Silent American comedy films

Category:American black-and-white films

Category:Films directed by James Patrick Hogan

Category:American films based on plays

Category:1920s American films