---
title: 'The Cohens and Kellys (1926)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Harry A. Pollard'
released: '1926-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-cohens-and-kellys-1926'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0016732/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Cohens and Kellys (1926)

1926 · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Cohens and Kellys is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Harry A. Pollard and starring Charles Murray, George Sidney, Kate Price, and Jason Robards Sr. The film is the first of the Cohens and Kellys film serials. The film is perhaps best known today as the subject of Nichols v. Universal Pictures Corp., a copyright infringement case, in which Judge Learned Hand articulated the doctrine that copyright protection does not cover the characteristics of stock characters in a story.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Harry A. Pollard](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-a-pollard)
- **Screenplay:** [Alfred A. Cohn](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-a-cohn)
- **Producer:** [Edward Small](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-small)

## Cast

- [George Sidney](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-sidney-2)
- [Jason Robards](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-robards-2)
- [Charles Murray](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-murray-2)
- [Mack Swain](https://cinepixo.com/people/mack-swain)
- [Kate Price](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-price)

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