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The Count of Ten
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5557 feet
Directed by James Flood

Cast: Charles Ray [Johnny McKinney], James Gleason [Billy Williams], Jobyna Ralston [Betty], Edythe Chapman [the mother], Arthur Lake [the brother], Charles Sellon [Boland], George Magrill [Cleaver], Jackie Coombs [the McKinney baby]

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by Harry O. Hoyt, from the short story “Betty’s a Lady” by Gerald Beaumont. Cinematography by Virgil Miller and Ben Kline. Film editor, George McGuire. Intertitles written by Albert De Mond. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 20 October 1927 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP24557]. Premiered 10 March 1928 in New York, New York. General release, 17 June 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Drama: Romance.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 60.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

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Listing updated: 18 March 2010.

References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 60 : Website-AFI.