Drag
Also known asParasites in the United Kingdom : {Richard Barthelmess in Drag}
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 7642 feet
Directed by Frank Lloyd Cast:Richard Barthelmess [David Carroll], Alice Day [Allie Parker], Lucien Littlefield [Pa Parker], Katherine Clare Ward [Ma Parker], Tom Dugan [Charlie Parker], Margaret Fielding [Clara],Lila Lee [Dot], [?] Oscar Apfel?, [?] Garry Watson? First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed byFirst National Pictures, Incorporated [A Frank Lloyd Production; A First National Vitaphone Picture]. / Scenario by Bradley King + [Gene Towne], from an adaptation by Bradley King of the novelDrag: A Comedy by William Dudley Pelley. Art direction by John J. Hughes. Songs “My Song of the Nile” and “I’m Too Young to Be Careful” by Al Bryan and George W. Meyer. Cinematography by Ernest Haller. Film editor, Edward Schroeder. Music by Al Bryan and George W. Meyer. Presented by Richard A. Rowland. / © 10 August 1929 byFirst National Pictures, Incorporated [LP585]. Released 20 June 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version, (at 5633 feet), byFirst National Pictures, Incorporated, on 11 August 1929. / Full-sound film. Comedy-Drama. Synopsis: Synopsis available inAFI-F2 n. F2.1432. Survival status: Print exists. Current rights holder: Public domain [USA]. Keywords:Boarding houses - Families: In-laws - France: Paris - Newspapers - Playwrights - Publishers - USA: New York: New York - USA: Vermont Listing updated: 26 November 2023. References:AFI-F2 n. F2.1432;Katchmer-Eighty p. 23;Vermilye-Twenties p. 235 :Website-AFI;Website-IMDb : with additional information provided by Arne Andersen. | 
