''Pals First'' is a 1926 American silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

produced and directed by

Edwin Carewe Edwin Carewe ( Chickasaw Nation, March 3, 1883 – January 22, 1940) was a Native American motion picture director, actor, producer, and screenwriter. Early life and education Jay John Fox was born on March 3, 1883, in Gainesville, Texas. H ...

. It stars

Dolores del Río María de los Dolores Asúnsolo y López Negrete (3 August 1904 – 11 April 1983), known professionally as Dolores del Río (), was a Mexican actress. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is regarded as the first major female Latin Am ...

and Lloyd Hughes. Edwin Carewe directed the earlier 1918 version for Yorke Film Corporation also titled ''Pals First''.

Cast

as Jeanne Lamont * Lloyd Hughes as Richard Castleman / Danny Rowland * Alec B. Francis as Dominie * George Cooper as The Squirrel *

Edward Earle Edward Earle (16 July 1882 – 15 December 1972) was a Canadian-American stage, film and television actor. In a career which lasted from the 1910s to 1966, he appeared in almost 400 films between 1914 and 1956. He was born in Toronto and died ...

as Dr. Harry Shilton * Hamilton Morse as Judge Lamont * George H. Reed as Uncle Alex * Alice Nichols as Aunt Caroline * Alice Belcher as Charley Anderson * Margaret Gray as Girl (uncredited)

Production

''Pals First'' was the first film starring Dolores del Rio. For its advertising, First National circulated a photo in major film magazines in which Dolores wore a comb, with photos of six male stars of the production company.

Preservation

With no prints of ''Pals First'' located in any film archives, it is a

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

.''Pals First'' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: ''Lost 1926 First National films''
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* 1926 films 1926 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films Lost American drama films American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films First National Pictures films Films directed by Edwin Carewe 1926 lost films English-language drama films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub