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Trouping with Ellen
(1924) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6452 feet
Directed by T. Hayes Hunter

Cast: Helene Chadwick [Ellen Llewellyn], Mary Thurman [Lil], Gaston Glass [Andy Owens], Basil Rathbone [Tony Winterslip], Riley Hatch [‘the old man’], Zena Keefe [Mabel Llewellyn], Kate Blanke (Kate Blancke) [Mrs. Llewellyn], Tyrone Power [Mr. Llewellyn], John Tansey [Dave Llewellyn], Charles Mcdonald [Dan], Ernest Hilliard [Jack Prentice], Jane Jennings [Tony’s mother], Estar Banks [Tony’s grandmother]

Eastern Productions, Incorporated, production; distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Gerald C. Duffy, from the short story “Trouping with Ellen” by Earl Derr Biggers. Cinematography by J. Roy Hunt. / © 5 October 1924 by Eastern Productions, Incorporated [LP20905]. Released 5 October 1924. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Rathbone’s first American film.

Comedy: Romance.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 1 December 2023.

References: Pohle-Holmes p. ? : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.