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
- Dolores del Río as Jeanne Lamont
- Lloyd Hughes as Richard Castleman / Danny Rowland
- Alec B. Francis as Dominie
- George Cooper as The Squirrel
- Edward Earle as Dr. Harry Shilton
- Hamilton Morse as Judge Lamont
- George H. Reed as Uncle Alex
- Alice Nichols as Aunt Caroline
- Alice Belcher as Charley Anderson
- Margaret Gray as Girl (uncredited)
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]
References
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External links
{{commons category|Pals First (1926 film)}}
- {{IMDb title|0017245}}
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Category:Silent American drama films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Lost American drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:First National Pictures films
Category:Films directed by Edwin Carewe
Category:English-language drama films
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