Finger Prints is a 1927 American silent comedy crime film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Louise Fazenda, John T. Murray, and Helene Costello.[1][2][3]
Cast
- Louise Fazenda as Dora Traynor
- John T. Murray as Homer Fairchild
- Helene Costello as Jacqueline Norton
- Myrna Loy as Vamp
- George Nichols as S.V. Sweeney
- Martha Mattox as Mother Malone
- Franklin Pangborn as The Bandoline Kid
- William Demarest as Cuffs Egan
- Bob Perry as Hard-Boiled Ryan
- Edgar Kennedy as O.K. McDuff
- Jerry Miley as Chicago Ed
- Joseph B. Stone as Cabbage Head McCarthy
- Warner Richmond as 'Annie Laurie' Andy Norton
- Lew Harvey as Secret Service Man
- William Desmond
Preservation
With no prints of Finger Prints located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.[5] It is referenced in the dialogue of Hitchcock's 1929 film Blackmail, in which a detective says he wants to see the picture, though he expects the details to be wrong. His girlfriend disagrees, saying, "I hear they got a real criminal to direct it. Just to be on the safe side."[6] However, the director, Lloyd Bacon, who had a long and distinguished career, did not have any known criminal record.
References
- ^ Leider, Emily W. Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood. University of California Press, 2011. p. 316.
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Finger Prints
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Finger Prints at silentera.com
- ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Finger Prints
- ^ Finger Prints at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Lost Warner Bros. films - 1927 Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hitchcock, Alfred. "Blackmail". Tubi.tv. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
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