The Hottentot

The Hottentot
	Lobby card
Directed by	Roy Del Ruth
Screenplay by	Harvey Thew (adaptation)
Based on	The Hottentot; by William Collier, Sr. and Victor Mapes
Starring	Edward Everett Horton; Patsy Ruth Miller
Music by	Cecil Copping; Alois Reiser
Cinematography	Barney McGill
Edited by	Owen Marks
Production; company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	August 10, 1929;
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Hottentot is a lost[1][2] 1929 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller. It is based on the 1920 Broadway play The Hottentot by William Collier, Sr. and Victor Mapes.[3]

A previous silent version was produced by Thomas H. Ince in 1922, starring Douglas MacLean.[4][5]

Plot

Sam Harrington (Edward Everrett Horton) is a simple horse lover who is mistaken for a champion steeplechase jockey and prevailed upon by Peggy Fairfax (Patsy Ruth Miller) to take part in an upcoming race.

Cast

Edward Everett Horton as Sam Harrington
Patsy Ruth Miller as Peggy Fairfax
Douglas Gerrard as Swift
Edward Earle as Larry Crawford
Stanley Taylor as Alec Fairfax
Gladys Brockwell as Mrs. Chadwick
Maude Turner Gordon as May Gilford
Otto Hoffman as Perkins
Edmund Breese as Ollie

References

External links

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[1] The Hottentot, 1922 film, at the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog

[2] The Hottentot at Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers films - 1929

[3] The Hottentot, as produced on Broadway, March-June 1920, at the George M. Cohan Theatre

[4] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Hottentot

[5] Progressive Silent Film List: The Hottentot (1922) at silentera.com