The Cradle Snatchers

The Cradle Snatchers

59 mins | May 28, 1927

To cure their flirtatious husbands of consorting with flappers, three wives-- Susan Martin, Ethel Drake, and Kitty Ladd-- arrange with three college boys-- Henry Winton, Oscar, and Joe Valley-- to flirt with them at a house party. Joe Valley, who poses as a hot-blooded Spaniard, is vamped by Ginsberg in female attire, and Oscar, a bashful Swede, uses caveman methods when aroused. During a rehearsal of the party, the three husbands arrive, followed by their flapper friends, leading to comic complications.

The Cradle Snatchers

59 mins | May 28, 1927

The Cradle Snatchers
To cure their flirtatious husbands of consorting with flappers, three wives-- Susan Martin, Ethel Drake, and Kitty Ladd-- arrange with three college boys-- Henry Winton, Oscar, and Joe Valley-- to flirt with them at a house party. Joe Valley, who poses as a hot-blooded Spaniard, is vamped by Ginsberg in female attire, and Oscar, a bashful Swede, uses caveman methods when aroused. During a rehearsal of the party, the three husbands arrive, followed by their flapper friends, leading to comic complications.
Producers
Original title The Cradle Snatchers
Directors Howard Hawks
Writers Sarah Y. Mason, William Fox

Cast

Louise Fazenda

as Susan Martin

J. Farrell MacDonald

as George Martin

Ethel Wales

as Ethel Drake

Franklin Pangborn

as Howard Drake

Dorothy Phillips

as Kitty Ladd

William B. Davidson

as Roy Ladd

Joseph Striker

as Joe Valley

Nick Stuart

as Henry Winton

Arthur Lake

as Oscar

Diane Ellis

as Ann Hall

Sammy Cohen

as Ike Ginsberg

Tyler Brooke

as Osteopath

Virginia Bushman

as Flapper Girlfriend

Sally Eilers

as Flapper Girlfriend

Sally Phipps

as Flapper Girlfriend