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The Custard Cup
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6166 feet
Directed by Herbert Brenon

Cast: Mary Carr [Mrs. Penfield, also known as ‘Penzie’], Myrta Bonillas [Gussie Bosley], Miriam Battista [Lettie], Jerry Devine [Crink], Ernest McKay [Thad], Peggy Shaw [Lorene Percy], Leslie Leigh [Mrs. Percy], Frederick Esmelton [Jeremiah Winston], Henry Sedley [Frank Bosley], Louis Hendricks [Alderman Curry], Edward Boring [Mr. Wopple], Emily Lorraine [Perennial Prue], Ben Lyon [Dick Chase], Richard Collins [the counterfeiter], Nick Hollen [the detective]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by G. Marion Burton, from the novel The Custard Cup by Florence Bingham Livingston. Cinematography by Tom Malloy. Intertitles written by Ralph Spence. Presented by William Fox. / © 31 December 1922 by Fox Film Corporation [LP18996]. Released 1 January 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Mothers

Listing updated: 4 March 2010.

References: Sherwood-Best p. 161 : Website-AFI.