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.

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Before the Public
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Charles Parrott (Charley Chase)

Cast: Harry Pollard (Snub Pollard), Marie Mosquini, James Finlayson, Noah Young, Charles Stevenson, Wallace Howe, Sammy Brooks [on lantern slide], George Rowe [on lantern slide]

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Produced by Hal Roach. / Released 4 March 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Film-within-film - Talent contests

Listing updated: 7 April 2020.

References: ClasIm-221 p. 44 : Website-IMDb.