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Cradle Snatchers is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Howard Hawks. The picture is based on the 1925 Russell Medcraft and Norma Mitchell stage play of the same name that starred Mary Boland, Edna May Oliver, and Humphrey Bogart. An incomplete copy, missing part of reel 3 and all of reel 4, exists in the Library of Congress.The film was later remade as Why Leave Home? (1929).
Original Release
05/28/1927
US Release
05/28/1927
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Louise Fazenda | Susan Martin |
| J. Farrell MacDonald | George Martin |
| Ethel Wales | Ethel Drake |
| Franklin Pangborn | Howard Drake |
| Dorothy Phillips | Kitty Ladd |
| William B. Davidson | Roy Ladd |
| Joseph Striker | Joe Valley |
| Nick Stuart | Henry Winton |
| Arthur Lake | Oscar |
| Diane Ellis | Ann Hall |
Directors
Writers
Sarah Y. Mason, Norma Mitchell, Russell G. Medcraft, William Fox
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Louise Fazenda | Susan Martin |
| J. Farrell MacDonald | George Martin |
| Ethel Wales | Ethel Drake |
| Franklin Pangborn | Howard Drake |
| Dorothy Phillips | Kitty Ladd |
| William B. Davidson | Roy Ladd |
| Joseph Striker | Joe Valley |
| Nick Stuart | Henry Winton |
| Arthur Lake | Oscar |
| Diane Ellis | Ann Hall |
| Sammy Cohen | Ike Ginsberg |
| Tyler Brooke | Osteopath |
| Virginia Bushman | Flapper Girlfriend |
| Sally Eilers | Flapper Girlfriend |
| Sally Phipps | Flapper Girlfriend |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Howard Hawks | Producer |
