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A Man About Town
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Eugene Forde

Cast: Barry Norton [Amos, a Centerville clerk], Ruth Eddings [the banker’s daughter], Robert Randall (Robert Livingston) [Jim Dandy, the man about town], Harry Dunkinson [the banker], Ernie Adams [a cohort]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Frank Martin (Francis Martin) and Andrew Bennison, from a short story by O. Henry (William Sydney Porter). Production supervision by George Marshall. Presented by William Fox. / Released 15 May 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 5 July 2025.

References: Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.