Spuds (film) explained

Spuds is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Larry Semon, Dorothy Dwan, and Edward Hearn.^{[1] [2]} Semon and Dwan were married.

Synopsis

In France during World War I, an American doughboy attempts to recover a car carrying a payroll of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars that was stolen by German spies.

Cast

• Larry Semon as Spuds
• Dorothy Dwan as Madelon
• Edward Hearn as Captain Arthur
• Kewpie Morgan as Sergeant
• Robert Graves as General
• Hazel Howell as Bertha
• Hugh Fay as Spy

Reception

Spuds was not well received and Semon, who had largely financed the film on his own, lost all of his remaining money.^[3] Spuds was his last feature film, and he filed for bankruptcy in March 1928.^[4] He died of pneumonia and tuberculosis on October 8, 1928.

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• • • Contract between Larry Semon and Pathé Exchange to produce Spuds (Exhibit D in records of the appeal of a lawsuit involving Pathé Exchange and the film The Bride of the Colorado (1928), page 2116 / 706)

Notes and References

1. Munden p. 759
2. https://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/Spuds1927.html Progressive Silent Film List: Suds
3. Book: Sassen, Claudia . Larry Semon, Daredevil Comedian of the Silent Screen: A Biography and Filmography . McFarland & Company . 2015 . Jefferson, North Carolina . 172 . 978-1-4766-2027-5.
4. Book: Louvish, Simon . Simon Louvish . Stan and Ollie: The Roots of Comedy . Thomas Dunne Books . 2005 . New York City . 165 . 978-0-312-32598-5.