Pals First

{{short description|1926 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Pals First

| image = Pals First film poster.jpg

| caption = Lobby card

| director = Edwin Carewe

| producer = Edwin Carewe

| writer = Lee Wilson Dodd (play)
Lois Leeson
Olga Printzlau
Ralph Spence

| based_on = {{based on|Pals First|Francis Perry Elliott}}

| starring = Dolores del Río
Lloyd Hughes
Alec B. Francis

| music =

| cinematography = Robert Kurrle

| editing =

| distributor = First National Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1926|08|08|}}

| runtime = 7 reels

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

| gross =

}}

Pals First is a 1926 American silent drama film produced and directed by Edwin Carewe. It stars Dolores del Río and Lloyd Hughes. Edwin Carewe directed the earlier 1918 version for Yorke Film Corporation also titled Pals First.[https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/11248?sid=1b0b69da-3043-4ef0-88ba-b94703450ea6&sr=4.013226&cp=1&pos=1 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Pals First]

Cast

Production

Pals First was the first film starring Dolores del Rio. For its advertising, First National circulated a photo in major film magazines in which Dolores wore a comb, with photos of six male stars of the production company.{{cite book|last1=Ramón|first1=David|title=Dolores del Río vol. I: Un cuento de hadas (Dolores del Río vol. I: A Fairy Tale)|date=1997|publisher=Clío|location=México|isbn=968-6932-36-4|page=26}}

Preservation

With no prints of Pals First located in any film archives,[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8152/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Pals First] it is a lost film.[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefirstnational.html Pals First at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Lost 1926 First National films]

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