LITTLE ACCIDENT

Little accident: translation

   This three-act comedy by Floyd Dell and Thomas Mitchell, produced by Crosby Gaige, opened at the Morsoco Theatre on 9 October 1928 for 303 performances. Based on a novel by Dell, the play was adapted by actor Mitchell, who played hapless Norman Overbeck who learns that he is the father of Isabel Drury's baby shortly before he is to marry Madge Ferris. Following complications, he realizes he loves Isabel. Little Accident found its way to motion picture screens twice (1930, 1939), and Dell and Mitchell collaborated on another Mitchell vehicle, Cloudy with Showers (1931).