Tiptoes (1927)
A silent film version of the Gershwin stage musical
- Date of release
- 1927-06-19
- TMDB
- 9.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
- Director
- Herbert Wilcox
Casting
- Dorothy Gish — Tiptoes Kaye
- Will Rogers — Uncle Hen Kaye
- Jack Cardiff
- Ivy Ellison — Sister
- Annie Esmond — Aunt
- Judd Green
- Dennis Hoey — Hotelier
- Nelson Keys — Al Kaye
- Miles Mander — Rollo Stevens
Interesting facts
Tip Toes is a 1927 British silent film comedy-drama, directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish and Will Rogers. The film is a loose adaptation of the stage musical Tip-Toes, with the action transferred from Florida to London.
Production
A writer was paid £2,000 to do a script but Wilcox threw it out. Paramount contributed only £20,000 of the production cost.
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