Summary
The Saphead is an American film comedy first released in 1920,
directed by Herbert Blaché and Winchell Smith.
The film is based on a novel by Victor Mapes and Winchell Smith and stars Beulah Booker, Edward Connelly, Edward Jobson, Edward Alexander and Odette Taylor.
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Credits
- Director: Herbert Blaché, Winchell Smith
- Script: Bronson Howard, Victor Mapes (novel), June Mathis, Winchell Smith (novel)
- Photo: Harold Wenstrom
- Music: Robert Israel
- Cast: Beulah Booker (Agnes Gates), Edward Connelly (Musgrave), Edward Jobson (Rev. Murray Hilton), Edward Alexander (Watson Flint), Odette Taylor (Mrs. Cornelia Opdyke), Carol Holloway (Rose Turner), Irving Cummings (Mark Turner), Jack Livingston (Dr. George Wainright), William H. Crane (Nicholas Van Alstyne), Buster Keaton (Bertie ’The Lamb’ Van Alstyne), Katherine Albert (Hattie), Henry Clauss (Valet), Alfred Hollingsworth (Hathaway), Helen Holte (Henrietta Reynolds), Jeffrey Williams (Hutchins)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 77 min; B&W; silent
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