Little Accident

Little Accident
Original languageEnglish
Written byFloyd Dell and Thomas Mitchell
GenreComedy
SettingOverbeck home,
Ellen Harris Hospital reception room in Chicago,
Mrs. Case's Boarding House, Chicago
Premiere
DateOctober 9, 1928
PlaceMorosco Theatre,
New York City, New York

Little Accident was a 1928 Broadway three-act comedy written by Floyd Dell and Thomas Mitchell (who also played Norman Overbeck in the play). It was based on Dell's 1927 novel An Unmarried Father. It was produced by Crosby Gaige and directed by Joseph Graham and Arthur Hurley running for 303 performances from October 9, 1928, to July 1929 at the Morosco Theatre and the Ambassador Theatre. It was included in Burns Mantle's The Best Plays of 1928-1929.

The play and the novel were made into the 1930 film The Little Accident starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Anita Page and the 1939 film Little Accident starring Hugh Herbert and Florence Rice. Both films were released by Universal Pictures.

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Cast

Desmond Kelley 1909

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