Buttons (1927)
1h 10m
Running Time
December 24, 1927Release Date
Plot.
Working as a pageboy on an ocean liner, a street orphan and his friend Slugger end up on the wrong side of the ship's captain when they try to tell him that his wife is cheating on him with other members of the crew. The boys end up in deeper trouble, after they are thrown in the brig and the ship starts sinking..
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Jackie Coogan
Buttons
Lars Hanson
Captain Travers
Gertrude Olmstead
Ruth Stratton
Roy D'Arcy
Henri Rizard
Polly Moran
Polly
Paul Hurst
Slugger McGlue
Jack McDonald
Hatchet Face
Coy Watson Jr.
Brutus
Jack McDonald
Hatchet Face
Carl Randoll
Boy
Ivan Randoll
Boy
Carl Roup
Bellboy
Ira H. Morgan
Director of Photography
George W. Hill
Director / Story
Marian Constance Blackton
Writer
Ralph Spence
Title Graphics
Hayden Talbot
Adaptation
Sam Zimbalist
Editor
Gilbert Clark
Costume Design
Cedric Gibbons
Set Designer
A. Arnold Gillespie
Set Designer
Glenn Cravath
Art Designer
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
shipwreck
orphan
adultery
ocean liner
Wiki.
Buttons is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by George W. Hill and written by Marian Constance Blackton, Ralph Spence, and Hayden Talbot. The film stars Jackie Coogan, Lars Hanson, Gertrude Olmstead, Paul Hurst, and Roy D'Arcy. The film was released on December 24, 1927, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
It is one of the few Jackie Coogan films to be considered a lost film.