''Swim Girl, Swim'' is a lost 1927 American silent

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film produced and distributed by

Famous Players–Lasky The 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 Companyoriginally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Playsan ...

and

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, now amalgamated as Paramount Famous Lasky. It was directed by

Clarence Badger Clarence G. Badger (June 9, 1880 – June 17, 1964) was an American film director of feature films in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. His films include ''It (1927 film), It'' and ''Red Hair (film), Red Hair'', more than a dozen features and shorts st ...

and starred

Bebe Daniels Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" () Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer. She began her career in Hollywood during the silent film era as a child actress, became a star in musicals s ...

. English Channel swimmer

Gertrude Ederle Gertrude Caroline Ederle (; October 23, 1905 – November 30, 2003) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder in five events. On August 6, 1926, she became the first woman to swim across the English Channel. ...

has a guest appearance.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: ''Swim Girl, Swim''

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Retrieved November 18, 2022.

Cast

as Alice Smith * James Hall as Jerry Marvin *

as herself * Josephine Dunn as Helen Tracey * William Austin as Mr. Spangle, PhD. *James T. Mack as Professor Twinkle (credited as James Mack)

References

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