The Hottentot

Aug 10, 1929

1h 19m

★ 0.0

They're off for the fastest, funniest, most furious comedy run in history! "The Hottentot" wins! High explosive hilarity! Dynamited with laughter!

Overview

The Hottentot is a lost 1929 American pre-Code film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller. It is based on a 1920 Broadway play, The Hottentot, by William Collier, Sr. and Victor Mapes.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Sam Harrington

Edward Everett Horton

Peggy Fairfax

Patsy Ruth Miller

Swift

Douglas Gerrard

Larry Crawford

Edward Earle

Alec Fairfax

Stanley Taylor

Mrs. Chadwick

Gladys Brockwell

May Gilford

Maude Turner Gordon

Perkins

Otto Hoffman

Ollie

Edmund Breese

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