Ham and Eggs at the Front
{{short description|1927 film by Roy Del Ruth}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Ham and Eggs at the Front
| image = Ham and Eggs at the Front lobby card A 1927.jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Roy Del Ruth
| writer = Robert Dillon
James A. Star
| story = Darryl F. Zanuck
| producer = Darryl F. Zanuck
| starring = Tom Wilson
Heinie Conklin
Myrna Loy
| narrator =
| cinematography = Charles G. Clarke
| editing =
| music =
| studio = Warner Bros.
| distributor = Warner Bros.
| released = {{Film date|1927|12|24}}
| runtime = 60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Sound (Synchronized)
(English Intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
File:Hamandeggsatthefront pamphlet 1927 inside.jpg
Ham and Eggs at the Front is a 1927 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Tom Wilson, Heinie Conklin and Myrna Loy - all in blackface.Leider, Emily W. Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood. University of California Press, 2011. p.318 While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. Long thought to be a lost film, a print was screened at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in 2021 courtesy of the Cineteca Italiana.
Cast
- Tom Wilson as Ham
- Heinie Conklin as Eggs
- Myrna Loy as Fifi
- William Irving as von Friml
- Noah Young as Sergeant
- Louise Fazenda as Cally Brown
- Tom Kennedy as Lazarus
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0017958}}
{{Roy Del Ruth}}
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Silent American comedy films
Category:Films directed by Roy Del Ruth
Category:American World War I films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Synchronized sound films
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