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The Baby Cyclone (1928)

The Baby Cyclone poster
Directed by
A. Edward Sutherland
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married man tries to keep a pet dog secret from his wife. His schemes to hide the animal lead to comedic chaos.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulbreezyfast-paceddatedtheatricalsilent-era

What happens

The Baby Cyclone is a lost 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and based upon the 1927 play by George M. Cohan, adapted for the screen by F. Hugh Herbert and Robert E. Hopkins. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film Western Electric Sound System process. The film stars Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle, Robert Armstrong, Gwen Lee and Nora Cecil. The film was released on September 27, 1928, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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