The Boob
About The Boob
Peter Good, a farmhand, loves Amy, who does not love him back. She has taken up with Harry Benson, a city man wanted for bootlegging. Peter goes looking for adventure and reaches the roadhouse where Harry has brought her. He climbs into the car in which she is being taken away. A running fight ends when the car crashes. Dry agents arrest Harry. Amy and Peter make it up. Joan Crawford plays Jane, one of the law officers on the bootleggers.
Cast & crew
More about The Boob
William A. Wellman directed. Kenneth B. Clarke adapted a story by George Scarborough and Annette Westbay. Katherine Hilliker and H. H. Caldwell wrote the titles. Cedric Gibbons and Ben Carré were the art directors, and Ben Lewis edited. MGM released it on 17 May 1926. Copyright LP22753 is dated 19 May 1926. The length is 5,020 feet, six reels. The working title was I'll Tell the World. In Britain it was called The Yokel.
Themes
Background
Harry is a bootlegger, and the officers who take him are dry agents, under Prohibition.
Look
William H. Daniels was director of photography. The AFI synopsis turns on a roadhouse and a car crash.
Notes
- Gertrude Olmstead plays Amy, George K. Arthur plays Peter, Tony D'Algy plays Harry, and Charles Murray plays Cactus Jim.
- Wikipedia's running time is 64 minutes. The AFI length is six reels.
- Hank Mann plays the village soda clerk.
- Peter's friends in the longer Wikipedia plot include Ham Bunn and a dog named Benzine.
Scenes
- Peter climbs into the car that is carrying Amy off.
- The car crashes and the dry agents take Harry.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Boob (1926) by William A. Wellman.webm)
