The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
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The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary is a 1927 silent comedy starring veteran actress May Robson
and released by Cecil B. DeMille
's Producers Distributing Corporation(aka PDC). Robson had first appeared in the Broadway play version of this story in 1907 when she was 49. In this film she returns to enact the same part 20 years later at the age of 69. A previous 1914 movie version of the play had been produced minus May Robson.
May Robson
May Robson was an actress and playwright. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, Robson is best known today for the dozens of 1930s motion pictures she appeared in when she was well into her seventies, usually playing cross old ladies with hearts of gold.- Biography :Born...
and released by Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille was an American film director and Academy Award-winning film producer in both silent and sound films. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies...
's Producers Distributing Corporation(aka PDC). Robson had first appeared in the Broadway play version of this story in 1907 when she was 49. In this film she returns to enact the same part 20 years later at the age of 69. A previous 1914 movie version of the play had been produced minus May Robson.
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- May RobsonMay RobsonMay Robson was an actress and playwright. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, Robson is best known today for the dozens of 1930s motion pictures she appeared in when she was well into her seventies, usually playing cross old ladies with hearts of gold.- Biography :Born...
- Aunt Mary Watkins - Harrison FordHarrison Ford (silent film actor)Harrison Ford was an American stage and film actor. He was a leading Broadway theatre performer and a star of the silent film era.-Career:...
- Jack Watkins - Phyllis HaverPhyllis HaverPhyllis Haver was an American actress of the silent film era.-Early life:She was born Phyllis Haver in Douglass, Kansas. When she was young, her family moved to Los Angeles, California, then a city of less than half a million people. Haver attended Los Angeles Polytechnic High...
- Martha Rankin - Franklin PangbornFranklin PangbornFranklin Pangborn was an American comedic character actor. Pangborn was famous for small, but memorable roles, with a comic flair. He appeared in many Preston Sturges movies as well as the W.C. Fields films International House, The Bank Dick, and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break...
- Melville - Robert EdesonRobert EdesonRobert Edeson was an American movie and stage actor of the silent era. Edeson got his first boost in movies in 1914 when he starred in the Cecil B...
- Judge Hopper - Arthur HoytArthur HoytArthur Hoyt was an American film character actor who appeared in more than 275 films in his 34 year film career, about a third of them silent films. He was a brother of Harry O...
- Gus Watkins - Betty Brown - Alma