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Johnny Get Your Hair Cut

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Johnny Get Your Hair Cut
Lobby card.
Directed byB. Reeves Eason
Archie Mayo
Written byGerald Beaumont
Florence Ryerson
Ralph Spence
StarringHarry Carey
CinematographyFrank B. Good
Edited bySam Zimbalist
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • January 15, 1927 (1927-01-15)
Running time
7 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Johnny Get Your Hair Cut is a 1927 silent American comedy film directed by B. Reeves Eason starring Jackie Coogan and featuring Harry Carey.[1] A print is preserved by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but is not publicly available.[2]

Cast

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Production

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The film was seen by MGM as a way to transition Coogan from a child star to a more serious adult actor. To this end, the company had Coogan change his haircut from a Dutch bob.[3] Coogan's father hired Eason as director following his work on 1925's Ben-Hur.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: Johnny Get Your Hair Cut". silentera.com. Retrieved October 4, 2009.
  2. ^ "Johnny Get Your Hair Cut / Mattie Witting [motion picture]". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  3. ^ a b Timothy, Shary, ed. (2021). Cinemas of Boyhood - Masculinity, Sexuality, Nationality. Berghahn Books. pp. 120–121, 131–132. ISBN 9781789209952.
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  • Johnny Get Your Hair Cut at IMDb
  • ‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Johnny Get Your Hair Cut at AllMovie
  • Stills at silenthollywood.com
  • Stills at classicmoviekids.com


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