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The Ballyhoo Buster
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4805 feet
Directed by Richard Thorpe

Cast: Buffalo Bill Jr. [Bob Warner], Peggy Shaw [Molly Burnett], Nancy Nash [Dorothy], Albert Hart [the medicine show proprietor], Floyd Shackleford, Lafe McKee, George Magrill [Brooks Mitchell], Jack Richardson [Jim Burnett], Walter Brennan, Al Taylor

Action Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Scenario by Frank L. Inghram, from a screen story by Robert Wallace. Cinematography by Ray Reis. Presented by Lester F. Scott Jr. / © 18 January 1928 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP24881]. Released 8 January 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Western.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 8 April 2012.

References: ClasIm-220 p. 41 : Website-AFI.