The Patent Leather Pug Explained

The Patent Leather Pug
Director:	Albert S. Rogell
Producer:	Harry Joe Brown
Starring:	Billy Sullivan Ruth Dwyer J.P. McGowan
Studio:	Harry J. Brown Productions
Distributor:	Rayart Pictures
Runtime:	50 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent (English intertitles)

The Patent Leather Pug is a 1925 American silent sports drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Billy Sullivan, Ruth Dwyer, and J.P. McGowan.^[1] Completed in 1925, it first premiered in London under the alternative title A Desperate Finish before going on general release in the United States in January 1926.

Cast

• Billy Sullivan as Billy Griffin
• Ruth Dwyer as Catherine Curtis
• J.P. McGowan as James Curtis
  • • • • • • Gloria Grey Vivian Vance John Sinclair Melbourne MacDowell Kit Guard Hayden Stevenson Eddie Diggins

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. 593