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The Sunset Derby
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Albert Rogell (Albert S. Rogell)

Cast: Mary Astor [Molly Gibson], William Collier Jr. [Jimmy Burke], Ralph Lewis [Sam Gibson], David Kirby [Mike Donovan], Lionel Belmore [Jack McTeague], Burt Ross [Bobby McTeague], Henry Barrows [Lucky Davis], Bobby Doyle [Skeeter Donohue], Michael Visaroff [the peddler]

[?] First National Pictures, Incorporated? production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated [A First National Picture]. / Produced by Charles R. Rogers. Scenario by Curtis Benton, from the short story “The Sunset Derby” by William Dudley Pelley. Cinematography by Ross Fisher. Intertitles written by Mort Blumenstock. Presented by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / © 17 May 1927 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP23964]. Released 5 June 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 2 December 2023.

References: ClasIm-302 p. 12 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.