Pals First Explained

Pals First
Director:	Edwin Carewe
Producer:	Edwin Carewe
Starring:	Dolores del Río Lloyd Hughes Alec B. Francis
Cinematography:	Robert Kurrle
Distributor:	First National Pictures
Runtime:	7 reels
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

Pals First is a 1926 American silent drama film produced and directed by Edwin Carewe. It stars Dolores del Río and Lloyd Hughes. Edwin Carewe directed the earlier 1918 version for Yorke Film Corporation also titled Pals First.^[1]

Cast

• Dolores del Río as Jeanne Lamont
• Lloyd Hughes as Richard Castleman / Danny Rowland
• Alec B. Francis as Dominie
• George Cooper as The Squirrel
• Edward Earle as Dr. Harry Shilton
• Hamilton Morse as Judge Lamont
• George H. Reed as Uncle Alex
• Alice Nichols as Aunt Caroline
• Alice Belcher as Charley Anderson
• Margaret Gray as Girl (uncredited)

Production

Pals First was the first film starring Dolores del Rio. For its advertising, First National circulated a photo in major film magazines in which Dolores wore a comb, with photos of six male stars of the production company.^[2]

Preservation

With no prints of Pals First located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/11248?sid=1b0b69da-3043-4ef0-88ba-b94703450ea6&sr=4.013226&cp=1&pos=1 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Pals First
2. Book: Ramón. David. Dolores del Río vol. I: Un cuento de hadas (Dolores del Río vol. I: A Fairy Tale). 1997. Clío. México. 968-6932-36-4. 26.
3. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8152/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Pals First
4. http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arnefirstnational.html Pals First at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Lost 1926 First National films