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Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5245 feet
Directed by Irving Cummings

Cast: Madge Bellamy [Bertha Sloan], Allan Simpson [Roy Davis], Sally Phipps [Jessie], Paul Nicholson [Jules Morton], Anita Garvin [Flo Mason], J. Farrell MacDonald [Mr. Sloan], Ethel Wales [Mrs. Sloan], Harry Bailey [Sam Ginsberg], William Bakewell [a salesman], Arthur Housman [a salesman], Virginia Whiting [a model]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Gertrude Orr, from the play Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl by Theodore Kremer. Assistant director, Charles Woolstenhulme. Cinematography by Abe Fried (Conrad Wells). Presented by William Fox. / © 19 December 1926 by Fox Film Corporation [LP23469]. Released 19 December 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Society.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 3 January 2025.

References: Drew-Speaking p. 274 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.