If I Were Single (1927)

Comedy | 17 December 1927

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HISTORY

Var reviewed the film twice, once on 28 Dec 1927 following a projection room screening, then again on 7 Mar 1928, after the picture's 3 Mar 1927 opening at the Roxy Theatre in New York City. ...

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Var reviewed the film twice, once on 28 Dec 1927 following a projection room screening, then again on 7 Mar 1928, after the picture's 3 Mar 1927 opening at the Roxy Theatre in New York City.

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SOURCE CITATIONS
SOURCE
DATE
PAGE
Film Daily
1 Jan 1928
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Los Angeles Times
11 Mar 1928
p. C15
New York Times
5 Mar 1928
p. 21
Variety
28 Dec 1927
p. 20
Variety
7 Mar 1928
p. 28
CAST
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTORS
Asst dir
WRITERS
Story
PHOTOGRAPHY
Ed Du Par
Cam
FILM EDITOR
Film ed
DETAILS
Release Date:
17 December 1927
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
9 December 1927
LP24741
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in feet):
6,320
Length(in reels):
7
Country:
United States
Language:
English
SYNOPSIS

Ted Howard, who still loves his wife after two years of marriage, nevertheless flirts with a young lady on the way to the golf course one morning, and he forgets to recover an expensive cigarette lighter that he lends her. That evening, his wife, May, introduces the strange lady as Joan, an old college friend; and when Joan returns the lighter, Ted and May have their first real quarrel. May decides to give him a lesson by flirting with her handsome music teacher, Claude, and by coincidence May and Claude are forced to hide in the tonneau of the car when Ted and Joan take a ride. When the car stalls, the party is waylaid; but Ted is so amazed to discover the hidden couple that he is little concerned about his own predicament. Finally, too cold and tired to quarrel, they are picked up by a milk truck and resolve to terminate their ...

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Ted Howard, who still loves his wife after two years of marriage, nevertheless flirts with a young lady on the way to the golf course one morning, and he forgets to recover an expensive cigarette lighter that he lends her. That evening, his wife, May, introduces the strange lady as Joan, an old college friend; and when Joan returns the lighter, Ted and May have their first real quarrel. May decides to give him a lesson by flirting with her handsome music teacher, Claude, and by coincidence May and Claude are forced to hide in the tonneau of the car when Ted and Joan take a ride. When the car stalls, the party is waylaid; but Ted is so amazed to discover the hidden couple that he is little concerned about his own predicament. Finally, too cold and tired to quarrel, they are picked up by a milk truck and resolve to terminate their flirtations.

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GENRE
Genre:
Sub-genre:
Domestic


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AFI Life Achievement Award

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