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Ring Up the Curtain
Also known as [Back-Stage!]
(1919) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Harry Pollard (Snub Pollard), Bud Jamison, William Gillespie, Noah Young, James Parrott, Sammy Brooks

The Rolin Film Company production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Hal Roach. / Released 27 April 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / A ‘glasses’ character film. The film was rereleased in the USA by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated, in 1925.

Comedy.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive; in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Actors: Vaudeville - Alcohol: Drunkeness - Animals: Dogs - Bottles - Brooms - Brushes - Canes - Conductors - Fights - Hats - Keys - Kimonos - Leashes - Mailboxes - Musical instruments - Musicians - Natural gas - Overalls - Repitiles: Snakes - Signage - Suitcases - Telescopes - Theaters: Audiences, Sets, Stage crews, Stage doors, Stagehands - Tobacco: Cigars - Trap doors - Trunks

Listing updated: 10 November 2013.

References: Film viewing : Website-Lloyd.

Home video: DVD.