Finders Keepers is an extant 1928 American silent military comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and Otis B. Thayer and starring Laura La Plante and John Harron. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Finders KeepersProgressive Silent Film List: Finders Keepers at silentera.com Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was prepared late in 1928. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film may or may not be a remake of a 1921 film Finders Keepers singularly directed by Thayer.
Cast Laura La Plante as Barbara Hastings John Harron as Carter Brooks Edmund Breese as Colonel Hastings Eddie Phillips as 2nd Lt. Kenneth Purdy Arthur Rankin as Pvt. Blondy Jones Jack Oakie as B.B. Brown Joseph P. Mack as Chaplain Edgar Dearing as Seargeant William Gorman as Bozo S. May Stone as Mrs. Satterlee
unbilled Andy Devine as Doughboy / Gate Guard Richard "Skeets" Gallagher as Soldier who pursues Blondy
Music The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Finders Keepers (Losers Weepers)” by Paul Corbel and Merton H. Bories.
Preservation This silent version of the film is preserved in The Library of Congress from elements preserved and prepared by Universal.The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Finders Keepers Its trailer also exists in the Library of Congress.[Trailer],Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 57, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
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