Matchmaking Mamma (1929): Cast
Matchmaking Mamma is a 1929 short comedy directed by Harry Edwards, starring Daphne Pollard as Mrs. Cornelius McNitt, Johnny Burke and Irving Bacon. It runs 23 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 23 min
- Director
- Harry Edwards
- Genre
- Comedy
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Mack Sennett Comedies
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Matchmaking Mamma About?
The premise of Matchmaking Mamma without spoilers.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius McNitt are embarking on their second marriages. The socially ambitious Mrs. McNitt enlists Clifford Figfield to stage a charity pageant, using it to hobnob with the elite and to secure Larry Lodge, the pageant’s leading man, as a husband for her flighty daughter Phyllis. In a twist, Larry falls for Sally McNitt, the visiting daughter of Mr. McNitt, and she returns his affection.
Matchmaking Mamma Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- sister sister romantic rivalry
- bathing beauties
- nipples visible through clothing
- dress torn off
- father kisses daughter on the lips
- matchmaking
- dancing women
- love triangle
- charity ball
- black and white and color
- sennett bathing beauties
- lorgnette
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- chorus line
- high society
- kick in the rear
- high kicking dance line
- telegram
- man rips off a woman's clothes
- pre code film
- sheer lingerie
- father daughter relationship
- stepmother stepdaughter relationship
- stepfather stepdaughter relationship
- mother daughter relationship
- taxi
- hit with a book
- comedy of errors
- girl on a swing
- sepiatone
- two reeler
- featurette
- woman lifts her dress
- meet cute
- torn pants
- man kisses a woman's hand
- father daughter kiss
- daughter sits on her father's lap
- incestuous overtones
- daughter kisses father on the lips
- woman sits on a man's lap
- kiss on the lips
- love scene
- stepfather stepdaughter kiss
- silhouettes
- kicked in the shin
- spousal abuse
- father daughter hug
- woman wears bloomers
- fake suicide
- man carries a woman
Matchmaking Mamma Cast & Characters
Daphne Pollard leads the cast as Mrs. Cornelius McNitt, with Johnny Burke as Cornelius McNitt and Irving Bacon as Clifford Figfield. Directed by Harry Edwards; 10 actors are credited in all.
- Director Harry Edwards
- Daphne Pollard as Mrs. Cornelius McNitt
- Johnny Burke as Cornelius McNitt
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Irving Bacon as Clifford Figfield - Matty Kemp as Larry Lodge
Also Starring in Matchmaking Mamma
· 6 more- Carole Lombard Phyllis (as Carol Lombard)
- Sally Eilers Sally McNitt
- Andy Clyde The Minister
- Madalynne Field Big Girl (uncredited)
- Kathryn Stanley Dancing Girl (uncredited)
- Ronald Tilley The Butler
More from Harry Edwards
More films directed by Harry Edwards: Where the Pest Begins, Three Little Twirps, Matri-Phony and Dora’s Dunking Doughnuts.
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Matchmaking Mamma FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Matchmaking Mamma, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Matchmaking Mamma?
Matchmaking Mamma runs 23 minutes.
When was Matchmaking Mamma released?
Matchmaking Mamma was released on March 30, 1929.
Who directed Matchmaking Mamma?
Matchmaking Mamma was directed by Harry Edwards.
More films by Harry Edwards Who is in the cast of Matchmaking Mamma?
Matchmaking Mamma stars Daphne Pollard as Mrs. Cornelius McNitt, Johnny Burke as Cornelius McNitt and Irving Bacon as Clifford Figfield, among 10 credited actors.
Does Matchmaking Mamma have a post-credit scene?
No. Matchmaking Mamma has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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