My Friend from India explained

My Friend from India
Director:	E. Mason Hopper
Producer:	DeMille Pictures
Based On:	play My Friend from India by Henry A. Du Souchet
Starring:	Franklin Pangborn Elinor Fair
Cinematography:	Dewey Wrigley
Editing:	James Morley
Distributor:	Pathé Exchange
Runtime:	6 reels
Country:	USA
Language:	Silent..English titles

My Friend from India is a 1927 silent film comedy directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Franklin Pangborn and Elinor Fair. It was produced by DeMille Pictures and distributed by Pathé Exchange.^{[1] [2]}

A previous film of this story was made in 1914 by the Edison Company.

Prints survive at the Library of Congress and UCLA Film & TV Archive.^{[3] [4]}

Cast

• Franklin Pangborn - William/Tommy Valentine
• Elinor Fair - Bernice/Barbara
• Ben Hendricks Jr. - Charles/Charlie
• Ethel Wales - Arabella Mott/Bedelia Smith
• Jeanette Loff - Marion/Ruth Brooks
• Tom Ricketts - Judge Elmer Elderberry Egbert Belmore
• Louis Natheaux - T. Austin Webb
• Tom Dugan - Kasha Murti/ Swami/ Bogus Hindu Prince
• George Ovey - Valet to Hindu Prince
• Edgar Norton - Jennings, a Butler

External links

• • • lantern slide(archived)

Notes and References

1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/M/MyFriendFromIndia1927.html My Friend from India at silentera.com
2. https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/10884?sid The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993:My Friend from India
3. Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.123 c.1978 by The American Film Institute
4. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2611/default.html The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database:My Friend from India