Smith's Uncle

1926 Comedy Directed by Gilbert Pratt

About Smith's Uncle

Andy Clyde, in a long beard, plays Dan, the rich uncle of Raymond McKee's Smith. Dan is soon tangled up with Carmelita Geraghty, the vamp next door, and with her brother, played by Bud Jamison. Ruth Hiatt and Mary Ann Jackson are the rest of the Smith household.

Cast & crew

More about Smith's Uncle

Gilbert Pratt directed this Smith Family short. Mack Sennett produced it. Harry M. Fowler was the cinematographer. William Hornbeck edited. Wikidata dates the release November 14, 1926. Irving Bacon and Billy Gilbert are also on the Wikidata cast.

Themes

Look

Harry M. Fowler shot the Sennett short.

Notes

  • Clyde's beard is the disguise the catalog uses for the rich uncle.
  • The Smith series pairs McKee, Hiatt, and the child Mary Ann Jackson.

Scenes

  • Uncle Dan, bearded, gets caught between the next-door vamp and her brother.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Smith's Uncle (1926).webm)