The Tired Business Man
{{short description|1927 film}}
{{For|the unrelated short film|Tired Business Men}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Tired Business Man
| image =File:The Tired Business Man.jpg
| caption =
| director =Allen Dale
| producer =
|based_on =
| writer = Jack Natteford
| narrator =
| starring =Raymond Hitchcock
Dot Farley
Margaret Quimby
| music =
| cinematography =Roy H. Klaffki
E. Fox Walker
| editing =John Rawlins
| studio =Tiffany Pictures
| distributor = Tiffany Pictures
| released ={{Film date|1927|06|30}}
| runtime =60 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent
English intertitles
| budget =
| gross =
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The Tired Business Man is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Allen Dale and starring Raymond Hitchcock, Dot Farley and Margaret Quimby.Munden p.816 It was produced and released by the independent studio Tiffany Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art director George Sawley.
Synopsis
The owners of a paving company are financially struggling and are set out to win a new contract from Alderman McGinnis with the assistance of their stenographer Rita.
Cast
- Raymond Hitchcock as Alderman McGinnis
- Dot Farley as Mrs. McGinnis
- Mack Swain as Mike Murphy
- Margaret Quimby as Rita
- Charles Delaney as Larry Riley
- Lincoln Plumer as Pat Riley
- Blanche Mehaffey as Violet Clark
- Gibson Gowland as Ole Swanson
- Jim Farley as Sergeant
References
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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|0018490}}
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Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:Silent American comedy films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Tiffany Pictures films
Category:English-language comedy films
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