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The Patent Leather Kid

1927 film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Patent Leather Kid
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The Patent Leather Kid is a 1927 American silent drama film about a self-centered boxer who performs a heroic act in World War I that severely wounds him. It was directed by Alfred Santell and stars Richard Barthelmess, Molly O'Day, Lawford Davidson, Matthew Betz and Arthur Stone.

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The film was adapted by Gerald C. Duffy (titles), Winifred Dunn, Casey Robinson (uncredited) and Adela Rogers St. Johns from the story by Rupert Hughes.[4]

Barthelmess was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

A copy of the film is held by the Library of Congress[5][6] and a 16mm print exists at the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research.[7]

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