''The Kid's Clever'' is a 1929 American silent

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directed by

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and written by Jack Foley, Ernest Pagano, and Albert DeMond. The film stars

Glenn Tryon Glenn Tryon (born Glenn Monroe Kunkel; August 2, 1898 – April 18, 1970) was an American film actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1923 and 1951. Biography He was born as Glenn Monroe Kunke ...

, Kathryn Crawford, Russell Simpson, Lloyd Whitlock,

George Chandler George Chandler (June 30, 1898 – June 10, 1985) was an American actor who starred in over 140 feature films, usually in smaller supporting roles, and he is perhaps best known for playing the character of Uncle Petrie Martin on the television ...

, and Joan Standing. The film was released on February 17, 1929, by

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Cast

as Bugs Raymond * Kathryn Crawford as Ruth Decker * Russell Simpson as John Decker * Lloyd Whitlock as Ashton Steele *

as Hank * Joan Standing as A Girl * Max Asher as Magician *

Florence Turner Florence Turner (January 6, 1885 – August 28, 1946) was an American actress who became known as the "Vitagraph Girl" in early silent films. Biography Born in New York City, Turner was pushed into appearing on the stage at age three by h ...

as Matron *

Virginia Sale Virginia Sale (May 20, 1899 – August 23, 1992) was an American character actress whose career spanned six decades, during most of which she played older women, even when she was in her twenties. Over the 46 years she was active as an actr ...

as Secretary * Stepin Fetchit as Negro Man

Preservation

With no prints of ''The Kid's Clever'' located in any film archives,Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''The Kid's Clever''
/ref> it is a

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References

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* 1929 films 1920s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1929 comedy films Universal Pictures films Films directed by William James Craft American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-US-silent-comedy-film-stub