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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The Head Guy
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Fred L. Guiol

Cast: Harry Langdon [Harry, the temporary stationmaster], Thelma Todd [the star], Nancy Dover (Judith Barrett) [Nancy], Eddie Dunn [Mr. Dunn, the producer], Edgar Kennedy [Stationmaster Kennedy], Billy Engle [the assistant], Gus Leonard [the uncle], Bob Minford [the messenger], Bob O’Connor [O’Conor, the violinist]

Hal Roach Studios, Incorporated, production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Produced by Hal Roach. Story editor, H.M. Walker. Cinematography by George Stevens. Sound recording engineer, Elmer Raguse. Film editor, Richard Currier (Richard C. Currier). Presented by Hal Roach. / Released [?] 26 December 1929 (Edmonds) or 11 January 1930 (Maltin and IMDb)? / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric [?] Vitaphone sound-on-disc? synchronized sound system. / Full-sound film.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 14 August 2023.

References: Edmonds-Todd p. 270; Maltin-Selected p. ? : Website-IMDb.