Frisco Sally Levy (1927)
Romantic comedy | 2 April 1927
Cast:
Tenen Holtz, Kate Price, Sally O'Neil [ More ]Director:
William BeaudineWriters:
Vernon Smith, Lew Lipton, Alfred A. CohnCinematographer:
Max FabianEditor:
Blanche SewellProduction Designers:
Cedric Gibbons, David TownsendProduction Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.According to the 11 Dec 1926 Moving Picture World, director William Beaudine selected the original story by Lew Lipton and Alfred A. Cohen as his first project for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. (MGM). A news item in the 2 Jan 1927 Film Daily noted that Rex Neal had joined the production as “gag” writer. The 24 Jun 1927 Motion Picture News attributed the intertitles to Paul Perez, although other sources have credited Joe Farnham.
The start of principal photography was reported in the 22 Jan 1927 Hollywood Topics. The 5 Feb 1927 and 19 Feb 1927 issues noted that production was to be completed by the end of the month, as Beaudine’s contract with MGM concluded on 1 Mar 1927.
Frisco Sally Levy was released on 2 Apr 1927. Openings followed on 11 Apr 1927 at the Capitol Theatre in New York City, and at Loew’s State Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, later that month. The 29 Apr 1927 Motion Picture News reported “below average” receipts of less than $50,000 for the latter engagement. Critical notices were mixed, with several attributing the film’s entertainment value to the cast rather than the screenplay. A review in the 17 Apr 1927 Film Daily indicated that a scene depicting the annual San Francisco, CA, St. Patrick’s Day parade was shot in color.
Copyright records list the film as eight reels in length. Various sources consider it to be lost.
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According to the 11 Dec 1926 Moving Picture World, director William Beaudine selected the original story by Lew Lipton and Alfred A. Cohen as his first project for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. (MGM). A news item in the 2 Jan 1927 Film Daily noted that Rex Neal had joined the production as “gag” writer. The 24 Jun 1927 Motion Picture News attributed the intertitles to Paul Perez, although other sources have credited Joe Farnham.
The start of principal photography was reported in the 22 Jan 1927 Hollywood Topics. The 5 Feb 1927 and 19 Feb 1927 issues noted that production was to be completed by the end of the month, as Beaudine’s contract with MGM concluded on 1 Mar 1927.
Frisco Sally Levy was released on 2 Apr 1927. Openings followed on 11 Apr 1927 at the Capitol Theatre in New York City, and at Loew’s State Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, later that month. The 29 Apr 1927 Motion Picture News reported “below average” receipts of less than $50,000 for the latter engagement. Critical notices were mixed, with several attributing the film’s entertainment value to the cast rather than the screenplay. A review in the 17 Apr 1927 Film Daily indicated that a scene depicting the annual San Francisco, CA, St. Patrick’s Day parade was shot in color.
Copyright records list the film as eight reels in length. Various sources consider it to be lost.
Sally Colleen Lapidowitz, the daughter of an orthodox Jewish father and a traditional Irish mother, is the sweetheart of motorcycle policeman Patrick Sweeney. She becomes infatuated with her father’s chosen son-in-law, Jewish dandy I. Stuart Gold, who soon proves himself to be a worthless cad. Patrick rescues Sally from the dandy, and all ends happily in the Hebrew-Irish ...
Sally Colleen Lapidowitz, the daughter of an orthodox Jewish father and a traditional Irish mother, is the sweetheart of motorcycle policeman Patrick Sweeney. She becomes infatuated with her father’s chosen son-in-law, Jewish dandy I. Stuart Gold, who soon proves himself to be a worthless cad. Patrick rescues Sally from the dandy, and all ends happily in the Hebrew-Irish family.
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