''The Baby Cyclone'' is a lost 1928 American synchronized sound

comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic 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. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...

film directed by

A. Edward Sutherland Albert Edward Sutherland (January 5, 1895 – December 31, 1973) was a British-born film director and actor. Born in London, he was from a theatrical family. His father, Al Sutherland, was a theatre manager and producer and his mother, Julie Rin ...

and based upon the 1927 play by

George M. Cohan George Michael Cohan (July 3, 1878November 5, 1942) was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and theatrical producer. Cohan began his career as a child, performing with his parents and sister in a vaudev ...

, adapted for the screen by F. Hugh Herbert and Robert E. Hopkins. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film Western Electric Sound System process. The film stars

Lew Cody Lew Cody (born Louis Joseph Côté; February 22, 1884 – May 31, 1934) was an American stage and film actor whose career spanned the silent film and early sound film age. He gained notoriety in the late 1910s for playing "male vamps" in films ...

Aileen Pringle Aileen Pringle (born Aileen Bisbee; July 23, 1895 – December 16, 1989) was an American stage and film actress during the silent film era. Biography Early life Pringle was born into a prominent and wealthy San Francisco family and educate ...

Robert Armstrong Robert Armstrong may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Robert Armstrong (actor) (1890–1973), film actor *Robert Armstrong (cartoonist) (born 1950), American underground comics artist and musician, coined the term "couch potato" Fictional charac ...

Gwen Lee Gwen Lee (born Gwendolyn Lepinski; November 12, 1904 – August 20, 1961) was an American stage and film actress. Lee began her career as a model before being discovered and signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She was typically cast in supporting ...

and Nora Cecil. The film was released on September 27, 1928, by

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM or MGM Studios) is an American Film production, film and television production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered ...

Plot

Jessie Hurley (Gwen Lee) becomes infatuated with her new Pekingese making her husband Gene Hurley (Robert Armstrong) jealous. While out walking the dog, he sells it to society girl Lydia Webster (Aileen Pringle). He tells Jessie the dog got lost, but Jessie learns the truth and takes it back. Lydia and her fiancé, Joe Meadows (Lew Cody), try to regain custody. Eventually, all four humans are arrested on charges of dog stealing and inciting a riot. The film featured "a near deadly duel with an electric light bulb and a bottle of catsup as the main constituents."

Cast

as Joe Meadows *

as Lydia *

as Gene *

as Jessie *

Nora Cecil Nora Cecil (September 26, 1878 – May 1, 1951) was an English-born American actress whose 30-year career spanned both the silent and sound film A sound film is a Film, motion picture with synchronization, synchronized sound, or soun ...

as Mrs. Crandall *

Fred Esmelton Frederick Bryant Esmelton, known as Fred Esmelton (born Frederick Batty Green Bryant; June 22, 1872 – October 23, 1933) was an Australian-born American film actor, as well as a stage actor and director. He appeared in 30 films, usually in ...

as Mr. Webster *Clarissa Selwynne as Mrs. Webster *

Wade Boteler Wade Boteler (October 3, 1888 – May 7, 1943) was an American film actor and writer. He appeared in more than 430 films between 1919 and 1943. Biography He was born in Santa Ana, California, and died in Hollywood, California, from a heart ...

as Bill

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baby Cyclone, The 1928 films 1920s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1928 comedy films Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Films directed by A. Edward Sutherland American black-and-white films American silent feature films Lost American comedy films 1928 lost films English-language comedy films Films with screenplays by F. Hugh Herbert 1920s American films Synchronized sound films

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