The Broadway Drifter

The Broadway Drifter
Film poster
Directed by	Bernard McEveety
Written by	William B. Laub
Produced by	Samuel Zierler
Starring	George Walsh Dorothy Hall Arthur Donaldson
Cinematography	Marcel Le Picard
Production company	Excellent Pictures
Distributed by	Excellent Pictures
Release date	April 1, 1927 (1927-04-01)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Broadway Drifter is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Bernard McEveety and starring George Walsh, Dorothy Hall, and Arthur Donaldson.[1][2]

Synopsis

A drifter who hangs around Broadway is disowned by his father. He tries to reform and find employment running a health institution for girls and later working at an airplane factory.

Cast

• George Walsh as Bob Stafford
• Dorothy Hall as Eileen Byrne
• Bigelow Cooper as Myron Stafford
• Arthur Donaldson as Frank Harmon
• Paul Doucet as Phil Winston
• Nellie Savage as Mignon Renee
• Gladys Valerie as Laura Morris
• Donald Laskley as Sam
• George Offerman Jr. as Tommy

Preservation

A print of The Broadway Drifter is held in the Library and Archives Canada.[3]

References

1. Munden p. 89
2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Broadway Drifter at silentera.com
3. Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Broadway Drifter

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• The Broadway Drifter at IMDb
• The Broadway Drifter on YouTube