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Private Izzy Murphy
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7889 feet
Directed by Lloyd Bacon

Cast: George Jessel [Izzy Murphy], Patsy Ruth Miller [Eileen Cohannigan], Vera Gordon [Sara Goldberg], Nat Carr [Moe Ginsburg, the shadchen], William Strauss [Jacob Goldberg], Spec O’Donnell [the Monohan Kid], Gustav von Seyffertitz [Cohannigan], Douglas Gerrard [Robert O’Malley], Tom Murray [the attorney], Edgar Kennedy

Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. / Scenario by Philip Lonergan, from a screen story by Raymond L. Schrock and Edward Clark. Assistant director, Sandy Roth. Cinematography by Virgil Miller. Assistant cameraman, Walter Robinson. / © 20 October 1926 by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated [LP23177]. Released 30 October 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Soldiers

Listing updated: 25 December 2012.

References: Drew-Speaking pp. 149-150, 281; Parish-Combat p. 53 : Website-AFI.