''Rubber Heels'' is a 1927 American silent

comedy Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term o ...

film produced by

Famous Players-Lasky Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company formed on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company—originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays—and ...

and distributed through

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. It stars stage comedian

Ed Wynn Isaiah Edwin Leopold (November 9, 1886 – June 19, 1966), better known as Ed Wynn, was an American actor and comedian. He was noted for his ''Perfect Fool'' comedy character, his pioneering radio show of the 1930s, and his later career as a d ...

in his first motion picture.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c. 1971

Cast

as Homer Thrush *

Chester Conklin Chester Cooper Conklin (January 11, 1886 – October 11, 1971) was an early American film comedian who started at Keystone Studios as one of Mack Sennett’s Keystone Cops, often paired with Mack Swain. He appeared in a series of films with Ma ...

as Tennyson Hawks * Thelma Todd as Princess Anne * Robert Andrews as Tom Raymond *John Harrington as Grogan *

Bradley Barker Bradley Barker (January 18, 1883 – September 29, 1951) was an American actor and film director of the silent era. He also created sound effects for film and radio. Born in Long Island, New York, Barker was a vaudeville performer and an a ...

as Gentleman Joe *Armand Cortez as 'The Ray' *

Ruth Donnelly Ruth Donnelly (May 17, 1896 – November 17, 1982) was an American film and stage actress. Early years and family Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Donnelly was the daughter of Harry Augustus and Bessie B. Donnelly. Her uncle, Freder ...

as Fanny Pratt *

Mario Majeroni Mario Majeroni (1870–1931) was an Italian-born American playwright and stage and film actor. Biography Majeroni came to the United States in 1906 and started acting on Broadway that year. Prior to coming to the United States he had lived and ...

as Prince Zibatchefsky *

Truly Shattuck Truly Shattuck (July 27, 1875 – December 6, 1954) was a soubrette star of vaudeville, music halls, and Broadway whose career began in tragedy and ended in relative obscurity. Early life Truly Shattuck was born at San Miguel, San Luis Obisp ...

as Mrs. P. Belmont-Fox

References

External links

''Rubber Heels'' at IMDb.com allmovie/synopsis
1927 films Lost American films Paramount Pictures films American silent feature films 1927 comedy films Films directed by Victor Heerman Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films 1927 lost films Lost comedy films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub