Let 'Er Go Gallegher Explained

Let 'Er Go Gallegher
Producer:	Ralph Block Cecil B. DeMille
Starring:	Frank Coghlan Jr. Harrison Ford Elinor Fair
Editing:	Harold McLernon
Cinematography:	Lucien N. Andriot
Studio:	DeMille Pictures Corporation
Distributor:	Pathé Exchange
Runtime:	60 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

Let 'Er Go Gallegher was a 1928 silent crime comedy film directed by Elmer Clifton and starring Frank Coghlan Jr., Harrison Ford and Elinor Fair.^{[1] [2]} The film is based on the Gallegher character from American author Richard Harding Davis' 1891 publication Gallegher and Other Stories.^[3] The film's sets were designed by the art director Stephen Goosson.

In the story, Gallegher is a copy boy at a newspaper who become an investigator. The character was also adapted into a film in 1917.

Cast

• Frank Coghlan Jr. as John 'Let 'Er Go' Gallegher
• Harrison Ford as Henry Clay Callahan
• Elinor Fair as Clarissa Mahaffey
• Wade Boteler as McGinty
• E.H. Calvert as City Editor
• Ivan Lebedeff as Stephen B. Hade AKA Four Fingers Dan
• Morgan Brown as Prohibition Officer

Bibliography

• Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Let 'Er Go, Gallegher (1928). www.rottentomatoes.com.
2. Web site: AFI|Catalog. catalog.afi.com.
3. Book: Davis, Richard Harding. Gallegher, and Other Stories. October 28, 2014. Read Books Ltd. 9781473396579. Google Books.