Ham and Eggs at the Front explained

Ham and Eggs at the Front is a 1927 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Tom Wilson, Heinie Conklin and Myrna Loy - all in blackface.^[1] While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. Long thought to be a lost film, a print was screened at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival in 2021 courtesy of the Cineteca Italiana.

Cast

• Tom Wilson as Ham
• Heinie Conklin as Eggs
• Myrna Loy as Fifi
• William Irving as von Friml
• Noah Young as Sergeant
• Louise Fazenda as Cally Brown
• Tom Kennedy as Lazarus

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

Notes and References

1. Leider, Emily W. Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood. University of California Press, 2011. p.318