Little Accident

Little Accident (1928), a comedy by Floyd Dell and Thomas Mitchell. [ Morosco Theatre, 304 perf.] On the eve of his wedding to Madge Ferris (Elvia Enders), Norman Overback (Mitchell) discovers that he is the father of Isabel Drury's child. When Isabel (Katherine Alexander) tells Norman she is putting the baby up for adoption, Norman kidnaps it. Madge is willing to marry Norman anyway; so is his landlady's daughter. But Norman decides he really loves Isabel, who was his sweetheart at college. Based on Dell's novel, The Unmarried Father, the slight but amusing comedy produced by Crosby Gaige was a major hit of its season.