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1928 film For the West German film, see Detectives (1969 film).

Detectives
Lobby cards of the film
Directed by	Chester M. Franklin
Written by	Chester Franklin(story,scenario) Robert Lord(story, scenario)
Produced by	Louis B. Mayer
Starring	Karl Dane George K. Arthur
Cinematography	John Arnold
Edited by	Frank Sullivan
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	June 9, 1928 (1928-06-09)
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Detectives is a 1928 silent film comedy produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by Chester Franklin with elements of the old-house melodrama genre. The film is another outing for Karl Dane, George K. Arthur and Marceline Day. Clips of the film appeared in Robert Youngson's MGM's Big Parade of Comedy in 1965. One scene has George K. Arthur disappearing while within the hanging covers of a large canopy bed.

The film is preserved by MGM. A trailer is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.

Cast

Karl Dane as The House Detective
George K. Arthur as The Bellhop
Marceline Day as Lois
Tenen Holtz as Orloff
Felecia Drenova as Mrs. Winters
Tetsu Komai as Chin Lee
Clinton Lyle as Roberts

References

Detectives at silentera.com
The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Detectives(Wayback)
The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Detectives
Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress p.43 c.1978 by The American Film Institute

External links

Detectives at IMDb
Detectives-trailer available for free download at Internet Archive

v t e Films directed by Chester M. Franklin
Let Katie Do It (1916) Going Straight (1916) The Little School Ma'am (1916) Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916) A Sister of Six (1916) The Babes in the Woods (1917) Jack and the Beanstalk (1917) Treasure Island (1918) You Never Can Tell (1920) The Case of Becky (1921) A Private Scandal (1921) All Soul's Eve (1921) Nancy from Nowhere (1922) A Game Chicken (1922) The Toll of the Sea (1922) The Song of Love (1923) Where the North Begins (1923) Behind the Curtain (1924) The Silent Accuser (1924) Wild Justice (1925) The Thirteenth Hour (1927) Detectives (1928) The Stoker (1932) A Parisian Romance (1932) Vanity Fair (1932) File 113 (1933) The Iron Master (1933) Sequoia (1934) Tough Guy (1936)

Films directed by Chester M. Franklin

Let Katie Do It (1916)
Going Straight (1916)
The Little School Ma'am (1916)
Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916)
A Sister of Six (1916)
The Babes in the Woods (1917)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1917)
Treasure Island (1918)
You Never Can Tell (1920)
The Case of Becky (1921)
A Private Scandal (1921)
All Soul's Eve (1921)
Nancy from Nowhere (1922)
A Game Chicken (1922)
The Toll of the Sea (1922)
The Song of Love (1923)
Where the North Begins (1923)
Behind the Curtain (1924)
The Silent Accuser (1924)
Wild Justice (1925)
The Thirteenth Hour (1927)
Detectives (1928)
The Stoker (1932)
A Parisian Romance (1932)
Vanity Fair (1932)
File 113 (1933)
The Iron Master (1933)
Sequoia (1934)
Tough Guy (1936)

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