The Broadway Drifter Explained

The Broadway Drifter
Cinematography:	Marcel Le Picard
Studio:	Excellent Pictures
Distributor:	Excellent Pictures
Runtime:	60 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Broadway Drifter is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Bernard McEveety and starring George Walsh, Dorothy Hall, and Arthur Donaldson.^{[1] [2]}

Synopsis

A drifter who hangs around Broadway is disowned by his father. He tries to reform and find employment running a health institution for girls and later working at an airplane factory.

Cast

• George Walsh as Bob Stafford
• Dorothy Hall as Eileen Byrne
• Bigelow Cooper as Myron Stafford
• Arthur Donaldson as Frank Harmon
• Paul Doucet as Phil Winston
• Nellie Savage as Mignon Renee
• Gladys Valerie as Laura Morris
• Donald Laskley as Sam
• George Offerman Jr. as Tommy

Preservation

A print of The Broadway Drifter is held in the Library and Archives Canada.^[3]

Bibliography

• 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. Munden p. 89
2. https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/BroadwayDrifter1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Broadway Drifter
3. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.2970/ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Broadway Drifter