A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

About This Listing Report Omissions or Errors in This Listing

The Bachelor’s Baby
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5260 feet
Directed by Frank R. Strayer

Cast: Helene Chadwick [Eleanor Carter], Harry Myers [Bill Taylor], Midget Gustav [Mr. Boppo], Edith Yorke [Mrs. Carter], Blanche Payson [Mrs. Boppo], Pat Harmon [‘Hardboiled’Å Hogan], James A. Marcus [Colonel Carter]

Columbia Pictures Corporation production; distributed [?] on State Rights basis? by Columbia Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Julien Sands, from the short story “Too Many Keys” by Garrett Elsden Fort. Production supervision by Harry Caulfield. Cinematography by J.O. Taylor. Presented by Columbia Pictures Corporation. / © 11 February 1927 by Columbia Pictures Corporation [LP23674]. Released 20 February 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working titles: The Girl Who Smiles and Too Many Keys. / Claims that Gustav is the same actor as Harry Earles are in error. / Silent film.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Cineteca Nazionale film archive [35mm nitrate positive (Italian intertitles)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 February 2024.

References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.