| Release Date | Film | Soundtrack | Cast | Crew | Company Credits |
| 1 February 1929 {premiere} [Los Angeles, California, USA] 8 February 1929 [New York City, New York, USA] 10 May 1929 [Netherlands] 6 June 1929 [USA] 29 August 1929 [Argentina] 7 October 1929 [Finland] 1929 [Turkey] 22 April 1930 [Denmark] 23 October 1930 [Portugal] |
 BROADWAY MELODY (Drama | Musical | Romance) [1 hour 40 minutes] A pair of sisters from the vaudeville circuit try to make it big time on Broadway, but matters of the heart complicate the attempt. |
THE BROADWAY MELODY (1929) (uncredited) Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Arthur Freed Played during the opening credits and often in the score Performed many times by various cast including Nacio Herb Brown (piano), Charles King, Anita Page, Bessie Love and chorus girls GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY (1904) (uncredited) Written by George M. Cohan In the score for the first scene HARMONY BABIES (1929) (uncredited) Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Arthur Freed Sung and Danced briefly by Anita Page and Bessie Love Reprised near the end by Mary Doran and Bessie Love LOVE BOAT (1929) (uncredited) Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Arthur Freed Sung by James Burrows and chorus YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME (1929) (uncredited) Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Arthur Freed Sung by Charles King to Queenie TRUTHFUL PARSON BROWN (1928) (uncredited) Written by Willard Robison Played and Sung by guitarists Eddie Bush, Paul Gibbons, Bill Seckler and Ches Kirkpatrick THE WEDDING OF THE PAINTED DOLL (1929) (uncredited) Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Arthur Freed Sung offscreen by James Burrows and danced by chorus girls THE BOY FRIEND (1929) (uncredited) Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Arthur Freed Sung by Bessie Love and Anita Page and Danced by Page and chorus girls |
CHARLES KING ... Eddie Kearns ANITA PAGE ... Queenie Mahoney BESSIE LOVE ... Hank Mahoney Rest of cast listed alphabetically: THE ANGELES TWINS ... Chorus Girls (uncredited) BETTY ARTHUR ... Chorus dancer (uncredited) J. EMMETT BECK ... Babe Hatrick (uncredited) NACIO HERB BROWN ... Pianist (uncredited) JAMES BURROWS ... Singer (uncredited) EDDIE BUSH ... Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited) RAY COOKE ... Bellhop (uncredited) DREW DEMOREST ... Turpe - Costumer (uncredited) EDWARD DILLON ... Dillon - Stage Manager (uncredited) MARY DORAN ... Flo (uncredited) ARTHUR FREED ... Bystander in Rehearsal Room (uncredited) PAUL GIBBONS ... Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited) JAMES GLEASON ... Music Publisher (uncredited) EDDIE KANE ... Francis Zanfield (uncredited) CHES KIRKPATRICK ... Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited) CARLA LAEMMLE ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited) EDDIE LANG ... Guitar Player in Band (uncredited) CARL M. LEVINESS ... Party Guest (uncredited) ANGELLA MAWBY ... One of the Mawby Triplets (uncredited) CLAUDETTE MAWBY ... One of the Mawby Triplets (uncredited) CLAUDINE MAWBY ... One of the Mawby Triplets (uncredited) CHARLOTTE MERRIAM ... Flapper in Pearl Necklace (uncredited) JOYCE MURRAY ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited) BLANCHE PAYSON ... Wardrobe Lady (uncredited) ALICE PITMAN ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) JED PROUTY ... Uncle Jed (uncredited) MARSHALL RUTH ... Stew - Mr. Zanfield's Assistant (uncredited) BILL SECKLER ... Quartet Guitarist and Singer (uncredited) KENNETH THOMSON ... Jacques Warriner (uncredited) DIANA VERNE ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) DOROTHY VERNON ... Hotel Housekeeper (uncredited) ALICE WEAVER ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) DOROTHY COONAN WELLMAN ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
Directed by: HARRY BEAUMONT ========= Writing Credits: EDMUND GOULDING ... (story) SARAH Y. MASON ... (continuity) NORMAN HOUSTON ... (dialogue) and JAMES GLEASON ... (dialogue) EARL BALDWIN ... (titles: silent version) (uncredited) ========= Produced by: HARRY RAPF ... producer (uncredited) IRVING THALBERG ... producer (uncredited) LAWRENCE WEINGARTEN ... producer (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: JOHN ARNOLD ... (photographed by) ========= Film Editing by: SAM S. ZIMBALIST ... film editor WILLIAM LeVANWAY ... (silent version) (uncredited) ========= Art Direction by: CEDRIC GIBBONS ========= Art Department: GLENN CRAVATH ... poster artist (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: DOUGLAS SHEARER ... recording engineer G.A. BURNS ... sound technician (uncredited) O.O. CECCARINI ... sound technician (uncredited) LOUIS KOLB ... sound technician (uncredited) WESLEY C. MILLER ... sound technician (uncredited) ========= Camera and Electrical Department: LOUIS KOLB ... gaffer (uncredited) ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: DAVID COX ... wardrobe ========= Music Department: NACIO HERB BROWN ... music by ARTHUR FREED ... lyrics by ========= Additional Crew: GEORGE CUNNINGHAM ... choreographer (uncredited) |
Produced by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) ========= Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) (1929) [USA] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1929) [UK] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1929) [ARGENTINA] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1929) [NETHERLANDS] Theatrical MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1992) [USA] VHS MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1992) [USA] Video Laserdisc Warner Home Video (2000) [USA] VHS Nothing's New Video (2005) [USA] VHS Warner Home Video (2005) [USA] DVD Warner Home Video (2006) [USA] DVD Epoca [ARGENTINA] VHS |
| 16 March 1929 {premiere} [Palm Beach, Florida, USA] 17 April 1929 [New York City, New York, USA] 28 July 1929 [USA] 13 August 1929 [Prague, Czechoslovakia] 2 February 1930 [Finland] 7 March 1930 [France] 28 November 1930 [Turkey] 1930 [Germany] |
 SHOW BOAT (Drama | Musical | Romance) [2 hours 27 minutes] A mostly silent version of Edna Ferber's original novel, with some songs from the musical as a last-minute addition |
GWINE TO RUNE ALL NIGHT (DE CAMPTOWN RACES) (1850) (uncredited) Written by Stephen Foster In the score during the overture C'MON FOLKS (QUEENIE'S BALLYHOO) from the stage musical "Show Boat" (1927) (uncredited) Music by Jerome Kern Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Sung by Tess Gardella and Dixie Jubilee Singers in the prologue CAN'T HELP LOVIN' DAT MAN from the stage musical "Show Boat" (1927) (uncredited) Music by Jerome Kern Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Sung by Helen Morgan and Dixie Jubilee Singers in the prologue HEY, FELLER! from the stage musical "Show Boat" (1927) (uncredited) Music by Jerome Kern Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Sung by Tess Gardella and Dixie Jubilee Singers in the prologue BILL from the stage musical "Show Boat" (1927) (uncredited) Music by Jerome Kern Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and P.G. Wodehouse Sung by Helen Morgan in the prologue OL' MAN RIVER from the stage musical "Show Boat" (1927) (uncredited) Music by Jerome Kern Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Sung by Jules Bledsoe and male Dixie Jubilee Singers in the prologue HERE COMES THE SHOW BOAT (1927) (uncredited) Music by Maceo Pinkard Played as part of the score DOWN SOUTH (RAVENAL'S THEME SONG) (1900) (uncredited) Music by William H. Myddleton Lyrics by Sigmund Spaeth Information on performance not available DEEP RIVER (uncredited) Traditional Negro Spiritual Sung by Laura La Plante (dubbed by Eva Olivetti) I'VE GOT SHOES (uncredited) Traditional Negro Spiritual Sung by Laura La Plante (dubbed by Eva Olivetti) COON, COON, COON (1900) (uncredited) Music by Leo Friedman Lyrics by Gene Jefferson Sung by Laura La Plante (dubbed by Eva Olivetti) OL' MAN RIVER (1927) (uncredited) Music by Jerome Kern Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Sung by Laura La Plante (dubbed by Eva Olivetti) CAN'T HELP LOVIN' DAT MAN (1927) (uncredited) Music by Jerome Kern Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Sung by Laura La Plante (dubbed by Eva Olivetti) THE LONESOME ROAD (1927) (uncredited) Music by Nathaniel Shilkret Lyrics by Gene Austin Sung by Stepin Fetchit (dubbed by Jules Bledsoe) LOVE SINGS A SONG IN MY HEART (1929) (uncredited) Music by Joseph Cherniavsky Lyrics by Clarence Marks Information on performance not available SYMPHONY NO.6 IN B MINOR (PATHÉTIQUE), OP.74 (1893) (uncredited) Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky First movement partially played in the score twice OLD CREOLE DAYS from "Mississippi Suite" (1926) (uncredited) Written by Ferde Grofé Sr. probably played by Universal Studios Orchestra WHY DO I LOVE YOU (1927) (uncredited) Music by Jerome Kern Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II In the score during the overture Sung by an unidentifed singer during the exit music |
LAURA LA PLANTE ... Magnolia JOSEPH SCHILDKRAUT ... Gaylord Ravenal EMILY FITZROY ... Parthenia Ann Hawks OTIS HARLAN ... Capt. Andy Hawks ALMA RUBENS ... Julie Dozier JACK MCDONALD ... Windy JANE LA VERNE ... Magnolia as Child / Kim NEELY EDWARDS ... Schultzy ELISE BARTLETT ... Elly STEPIN FETCHIT ... Joe Rest of cast listed alphabetically: JULES BLEDSOE ... Joe [prologue] AUNT JEMIMA ... Queenie [prologue] BETTYE JUNOD ... Perfomer CARL LAEMMLE ... Carl Laemmle [prologue] HELEN MORGAN ... Julie LaVerne [prologue] PLANTATION SINGERS ... Offscreen chorus JUBILEE CHORUS ... Themselves [prologue] FLORENZ ZIEGFELD JR. ... Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. [prologue] MAX ASHER ... Utility Man (uncredited) MATTHEW 'STYMIE' BEARD ... Child (uncredited) THE BILLBREW CHORUS ... Singers (uncredited) GEORGE CHESEBRO ... Steve Baker (uncredited) JIM COLEMAN ... Stagehand (uncredited) CLAUDE COLLINS ... Perfomer (uncredited) CARL HERLINGER ... Wheelsman (uncredited) HARRY HOLDEN ... Means (uncredited) GERTRUDE HOWARD ... Queenie (uncredited) THEODORE LORCH ... Frank (uncredited) CAROLYNNE SNOWDEN ... Chicago Hotel Maid (uncredited) RALPH YEARSLEY ... The Killer (uncredited) |
Directed by: HARRY A. POLLARD ARCH HEATH ... (prologue) (uncredited) ========= Writing Credits: EDNA FERBER ... (by) CHARLES KENYON ... (continuity) EDWARD J. MONTAIGNE ... (story supervisor) HARRY POLLARD ... (dialogue arranger) and TOM REED ... (dialogue arranger) TOM REED ... (titles) ========= Produced by: CARL LAEMMLE Jr. ... producer (uncredited) ========= Music by: JOSEPH CHERNIAVSKY ... (score) ========= Cinematography by: GILBERT WARRENTON ========= Film Editing by: DANIEL MANDELL ... film editor ========= Art Direction by: CHARLES D. HALL ========= Costume Design by: JOHANNA MATHIESON ... (costumes) ========= Makeup Department: JANE RENE ... makeup artist (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: ROBERT ROSS ... assistant director ========= Sound Department: JOSEPH CHERNIAVSKY ... synchronisation C. ROY HUNTER ... recording supervisor JACK FOLEY ... foley artist (uncredited) ========= Special Effects by: FRANK H. BOOTH ... special effects photographer (uncredited) ========= Editorial Department: MAURICE PIVAR ... supervising film editor ========= Music Department: VICTOR BARAVALLE ... conductor: prologue ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT ... orchestrator: prologue OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II ... music: stage production JEROME KERN ... music: stage production JULES BLEDSOE ... singing voice: Stepin Fetchit (uncredited) EVA OLIVETTI ... singing voice: Laura La Plante (uncredited) WILL VODERY ... music arranger: vocals, prologue only (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: CARL LAEMMLE ... presenter FLORENZ ZIEGFELD ... producer: stage play |
Production Companies: Universal Pictures (A Harry A. Pollard Production) (A Carl Laemmle Super Production) ========= Distributors: Universal Pictures (1929) [USA] Theatrical |
| 8 April 1929 [USA] 11 January 1930 [Denmark] 16 January 1931 [Portugal] 28 May 1933 [Finland] 20 March 2009 [CineFest, USA] |
 THE DESERT SONG (Musical) [2 hours 3 minutes] The Desert Song is a 1929 American Pre-Code operetta film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring John Boles, Louise Fazenda, and Myrna Loy. |
RIFF SONG FRENCH MARCHING SONG THEN YOU WILL KNOW THE DESERT SONG AZURI'S DANCE LOVE'S DEAR YEARNING LET LOVE GO ONE FLOWER ONE ALONE SABRE SONG THE DESERT SONG BALLET |
JOHN BOLES ... The Red Shadow CARLOTTA KING ... Margot LOUISE FAZENDA ... Susan JOHNNY ARTHUR ... Benny Kidd EDWARD MARTINDEL ... Gen. Bierbeau JACK PRATT ... Pasha ROBERTO E. GUZMÁN ... Sid El Kar OTTO HOFFMAN ... Hasse MARIE WELLS ... Clementina JOHN MILJAN ... Capt. Fontaine DEL ELLIOTT ... Rebel MYRNA LOY ... Azuri Rest of cast listed alphabetically: LESTER COLE PEGGY DALE |
Directed by: ROY DEL RUTH ========= Writing Credits: HARVEY GATES ... (screenplay) OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II ... (play) OTTO A. HARBACH ... (play) FRANK MANDEL ... (play) LAURENCE SCHWAB ... (play) ========= Cinematography by: BARNEY McGILL ========= Film Editing by: RALPH DAWSON ========= Costume Design by: EARL LUICK ========= Sound Department: GEORGE R. GROVES ... sound recording engineer ========= Music Department: ERNEST GROONEY ... musical director SIGMUND ROMBERG ... music by |
Production Companies: Warner Bros. (as The Vitaphone Corporation) ========= Distributors: Warner Bros. (1929) [USA] Theatrical United Artists Associated (1958) [USA] TV Turner Entertainment (1986) [WORLD-WIDE] All Media Nostalgia Family Video (2001) [USA] VHS - unauthorized Serial Squadron [USA] DVD |
| 3 May 1929 {premiere} [New York City, New York, USA] 3 August 1929 [USA] 2 December 1929 [Japan] 7 March 1930 [France] 2 November 1930 [Finland] 4 June 1931 [Italy] 15 March 1974 (re-release) [Finland] |
 THE COCOANUTS (Comedy | Musical) [1 hour 36 minutes] During the Florida land boom, The Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves. |
FLORIDA BY THE SEA (1925) (uncredited) Written by Irving Berlin Sung off-screen by chorus Danced by Gamby-Hale Ballet Girls and Allan K. Foster Girls WHEN MY DREAMS COME TRUE (1929) (uncredited) Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Oscar Shaw and Mary Eaton THE BELL-HOPS (1925) (uncredited) Written by Irving Berlin Danced by Gamby-Hale Ballet Girls MONKEY-DOODLE-DO0 (1925) (uncredited) Written by Irving Berlin Sung by Mary Eaton Danced by Gamby-Hale Ballet Girls and Allan K. Foster Girls BALLET MUSIC (1929) (uncredited) Written by Frank Tours Danced by Gamby-Hale Ballet Girls TALE OF THE SHIRT (1925) (uncredited) Music written by Georges Bizet, from "Carmen" Lyrics by Irving Berlin Sung by Basil Ruysdael and chorus GYPSY LOVE SONG (1898) (uncredited) Written by Victor Herbert Performed by Chico Marx on piano |
THE MARX BROTHERS: ZEPPO MARX ... Jamison GROUCHO MARX ... Hammer HARPO MARX ... Harpo CHICO MARX ... Chico OSCAR SHAW ... Bob MARY EATON ... Polly CYRIL RING ... Yates KAY FRANCIS ... Penelope MARGARET DUMONT ... Mrs. Potter BASIL RUYSDAEL ... Hennessy GAMBY-HALE GIRLS)... Dancers ALLAN K. FOSTER GIRLS ... Dancers Rest of cast listed alphabetically: SYLVAN LEE ... Bell Captain (uncredited) BARTON MacLANE ... Bather (uncredited) |
Directed by: ROBERT FLOREY JOSEPH SANTLEY ========= Writing Credits: GEORGE S. KAUFMAN ... (book) MORRIE RYSKIND ... (adapted by) ========= Produced by: JAMES R. COWAN ... associate producer JESSE L. LASKY ... executive producer (uncredited) WALTER WANGER ... executive producer / producer (uncredited) ADOLPH ZUKOR ... executive producer (uncredited) ========= Music by: FRANK TOURS ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: GEORGE FOLSEY ... (photographed by) ========= Film Editing by: BARNEY ROGAN ... (uncredited) ========= Camera and Electrical Department: JOSEPH RUTTENBERG ... camera operator (uncredited) ========= Music Department: IRVING BERLIN ... music and lyrics by FRANK TOURS ... musical director ========= Additional Crew: MONTA BELL ... originally produced on the stage by SAM H. HARRIS ... from the stage production: originally presented by JESSE L. LASKY ... present ADOLPH ZUKOR ... present ALLAN K. FOSTER ... dance director (uncredited) ERNA KAY ... choreographer (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures (as A Paramount Sound Picture) ========= Distributors: Paramount Pictures (A Paramount Picture) (1929) [USA] Theatrical MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) [USA] TV Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1974) [FINLAND] Theatrical Yleisradio (YLE) (1987) [FINLAND] TV Continental Home Vídeo (2003) [BRAZIL] DVD Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2004) [USA] DVD Universal Home Video (2005) [BRAZIL] DVD Universal Pictures Finland (2005) [FINLAND] DVD Sogemedia (2007) [SPAIN] DVD Universal Pictures (2008) [SPAIN] DVD Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2011) [USA] DVD Arrow Films (The Marx Brothers at Paramount box set) (2017) [UK] Blu-ray MCA/Universal Home Video [USA] VHS Mistar [FINLAND] VHS |
| 27 May 1929 [New York City, New York, USA] 24 August 1929 [London, UK] 15 September 1929 [USA] October 1929 [Japan] 29 November 1929 [Ireland] 1929 [Germany] 7 March 1930 [France] 30 April 1930 [Italy] 19 August 1930 [Portugal] 31 January 1931 [Slovenia] |
 BROADWAY (Crime | Musical) [1 hour 44 minutes] A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder. |
BROADWAY Written by Con Conrad, Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG Written by Con Conrad, Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler HOT FOOTIN' IT Written by Con Conrad, Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler HITTIN' THE CEILING Written by Con Conrad, Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler SING A LITTLE LOVE SONG Written by Con Conrad, Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler |
GLENN TRYON ... Roy Lane EVELYN BRENT ... Pearl MERNA KENNEDY ... Billie Moore THOMAS JACKSON ... Dan McCorn ROBERT ELLIS ... Steve Crandall OTIS HARLAN ... 'Porky' Thompson PAUL PORCASI ... Nick Verdis MARIAN LORD ... Lil Rice FRITZ FELD ... Mose Levett LESLIE FENTON ... 'Scar' Edwards ARTHUR HOUSMAN ... Dolph GEORGE DAVIS ... Joe the Waiter BETTY FRANCISCO ... Mazie EDYTHE FLYNN ... Ruby FLORENCE DUDLEY ... Ann RUBY McCOY ... Grace GUS ARNHEIM AND HIS ORCHESTRA ... Orchestra Leader Rest of cast listed alphabetically: MARY BERTRAND EDGAR DEARING ... Crandall Mug at Party (uncredited) RITA FLYNN ... Chorine (uncredited) JOHN KELLY ... Crandall Mug at Party (uncredited) ROSINA LAWRENCE ... Chorine (uncredited) BILLY LAYMAN ... (uncredited) GEORGE OVEY ... Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
Directed by: PAUL FEJOS ========= Writing Credits: PHILLIP DUNNING ... (play) & GEORGE ABBOTT ... (play) EDWARD T. LOWE Jr. ... (adaptation) & CHARLES FURTHMAN ... (adaptation) EDWARD T. LOWE Jr. ... (dialogue arrangement) GEORGE ABBOTT ... (script) TOM REED ... (titles) ========= Produced by: CARL LAEMMLE Jr. ... producer ========= Music by: HOWARD JACKSON ========= Cinematography by: HAL MOHR ========= Film Editing by: ROBERT CARLISLE EDWARD L. CAHN ... (uncredited) ========= Art Direction by: CHARLES D. HALL THOMAS F. O'NEILL ========= Costume Design by: JOHANNA MATHIESON ========= Makeup Department: DOTHA HIPPE ... hair stylist (uncredited) LILLIAN LASHIN ... assistant makeup artist (uncredited) JACK P. PIERCE ... makeup artist (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: WILLIAM J. REITER ... assistant director ========= Sound Department: C. ROY HUNTER ... recording supervisor HAROLD I. SMITH ... sound system monitor (uncredited) ========= Special Effects by: FRANK H. BOOTH ... special effects ========= Camera and Electrical Department: PETE MOLE ... lighting engineer: Mole-Richardson STANLEY CORTEZ ... assistant camera (uncredited) FRANK GRAVES ... chief electrician (uncredited) ========= Editorial Department: MAURICE PIVAR ... supervising film editor ========= Music Department: CON CONRAD ... songs by ARCHIE GOTTLER ... songs by HOWARD JACKSON ... music synchronization SIDNEY MITCHELL ... songs by ========= Additional Crew: JED HARRIS ... producer: stage play MAURICE L. KUSELL ... choreographer: dancing arrangement CARL LAEMMLE ... presenter |
Production Companies: Univeral Pictures ========= Distributors: Universal Pictures (1929) [USA] Theatrical Deutsche Universal-Film (1929) [GERMANY] Theatrical The Criterion Collection (2012) [USA] DVD ========= Other Companies: Western Electric [us] (recording equipment) |
| 28 May 1929 {premiere} [New York City, New York, USA] 13 July 1929 [USA] 29 November 1929 [Ireland] 22 May 1931 [Portugal] 12 December 1932 [Denmark] |
 ON WITH THE SHOW! (Musical | Romance) [1 hour 44 minutes] A musical advertised as the first 100% natural color, all-singing production. The plot concerns a wide-eyed former hatcheck girl who takes the place of a rebellious star. |
WELCOME HOME (uncredited) Music by Harry Akst Lyrics by Grant Clarke Performed by Henry Fink and Chorus Danced by the Four Covans LET ME HAVE MY DREAMS (uncredited) Music by Harry Akst Lyrics by Grant Clarke Performed by Josephine Huston (on screen Betty Compson and later Sally O'Neil) AM I BLUE? (uncredited) Music by Harry Akst Lyrics by Grant Clarke Performed by Ethel Waters and the Harmony Four Quartette LIFT THE JULEPS TO YOUR TWO LIPS (uncredited) Music by Harry Akst Lyrics by Grant Clarke Sung by Henry Fink, Josephine Huston, and Chorus Danced by the Four Covans IN THE LAND OF LET'S PRETEND (uncredited) Music by Harry Akst Lyrics by Grant Clarke Sung by Mildred Carroll and Chorus DON'T IT MEAN A THING TO YOU? (uncredited) Music by Harry Akst Lyrics by Grant Clarke Sung by Josephine Huston and Arthur Lake Danced by Marion Fairbanks and Madeline Fairbanks BIRMINGHAM BERTHA (uncredited) Music by Harry Akst Lyrics by Grant Clarke Performed by Ethel Waters, with dancing by John William Sublett WEDDING DAY (uncredited) Music by Harry Akst Lyrics by Grant Clarke Sung by Henry Fink, Arthur Lake, Josephine Huston, and Chorus BRIDAL CHORUS From "Lohengrin" (uncredited) Music by Richard Wagner Played at the beginning of the finale |
ARTHUR LAKE ... Harold BETTY COMPSON ... Nita JOE E. BROWN ... Joe Beaton SALLY O'NEILL ... Kitty WILLIAM BAKEWELL ... Jimmy LOUISE FAZENDA ... Sarah SAM HARDY ... Jerry HARRY GRIBBON ... Joe LEE MORAN ... Pete WHEELER OAKMAN ... Durant FAIRBANKS TWINS: ... Twins MADELINE FAIRBANKS ... One of The Fairbanks Twins MARION FAIRBANKS ... One of The Fairbanks Twins PURNELL B. PRATT ... Sam Bloom THOMAS JEFFERSON ... Dad ETHEL WATERS ... Ethel OTTO HOFFMAN ... Bart HENRY FINK ... Father JOSEPHINE HOUSTON ... Harold's Fiancee Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ANGELUS BABE ... Angelus Babe (uncredited) TED BILLINGS ... Stagehand (uncredited) JOHN W. BUBBLES ... Dancer in 'Birmingham Bertha' Number (uncredited) MILDRED CARROLL ... Singer (uncredited) FOUR COVANS ... Dancers (uncredited) ROSE DIONE ... Wardrobe woman (uncredited) ANITA GARVIN ... Chorine (uncredited) HAROLD MILLER ... Man in Audience (uncredited) HARMONY FOUR QUARTETTE ... Themselves, backing Ethel Waters (uncredited) CAROLYNNE SNOWDEN ... Specialty Dancer (uncredited) MARGUERITE WARNER ... Minor Role (uncredited) |
Directed by: ALAN CROSLAND ========= Writing Credits: HUMPHREY PEARSON ... (based on the play "Shoestring" by) ROBERT LORD ... (scenario) ========= Produced by: DARRYL F. ZANUCK ... producer (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: TONY GAUDIO ... (photography) ========= Film Editing by: JACK KILLIFER ... film editor ========= Costume Design by: EARL LUICK ... (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: GORDON HOLLINGSHEAD ... assistant director ========= Sound Department: HARVEY CUNNINGHAM ... sound engineer (uncredited) ========= Camera and Electrical Department: HENRY CRUZE ... assistant camera LEE DAVIS ... assistant camera (uncredited) EDWARD T. ESTABROOK ... camera operator (uncredited) JOCKEY ARTHUR FEINDEL ... camera operator (uncredited) FRANK B. GOOD ... camera operator (uncredited) KAY NORTON ... assistant camera (uncredited) ARTHUR PIERSON ... assistant camera (uncredited) WILLARD VAN ENGER ... camera operator (uncredited) ========= Music Department: HARRY AKST ... words and music GRANT CLARKE ... words and music LOUIS SILVERS ... conductor: Vitaphone Symphony Orchestra ========= Additional Crew: LARRY CEBALLOS ... dance & stage presentations LEWIS GEIB ... technician F.N. MURPHY ... technician MAX PARKER ... technician VICTOR VANCE ... technician |
Production Companies: Warner Bros. (presents) (as The Vitaphone Corporation) ========= Distributors: Warner Bros. (1929) [USA] Theatrical Associated Artists Productions (AAP) (1956) [USA] TV - B&W Warner Home Video (2009) [USA] DVD - B&W |
| 4 June 1929 {premiere} [New York City, New York, USA] 31 August 1929 [USA] 21 September 1929 (silent version) [USA] 17 February 1930 [Denmark] |
 HONKY TONK (Comedy | Drama | Music) [1 hour 11 minutes] Nightclub hostess Sophie Leonard educates her daughter Beth abroad and keeps her life secret for her. But suddenly the daughter shows up. |
I'M DOING WHAT I'M DOING FOR LOVE (uncredited) Music by Milton Ager Lyrics by Jack Yellen Copyright 1929 by Ager, Yellen and Bornstein HE'S A GOOD MAN TO HAVE AROUND (uncredited) Music by Milton Ager Lyrics by Jack Yellen Copyright 1929 by Ager, Yellen and Bornstein I'M FEATHERING A NEST (FOR A LITTLE BLUE BIRD) (uncredited) Music by Milton Ager Lyrics by Jack Yellen Copyright 1929 by Ager, Yellen and Bornstein I'M THE LAST OF THE RED HOT MAMAS (uncredited) Music by Milton Ager Lyrics by Jack Yellen Sung by Sophie Tucker SOME OF THESE DAYS (uncredited) Written by Shelton Brooks Sung by Sophie Tucker Copyright 1910 by Will Rossiter |
SOPHIE TUCKER ... Sophie Leonard LILA LEE ... Beth Leonard AUDREY FERRIS ... Jean Gilmore GEORGE DURYEA ... Freddie Gilmore MAHLON HAMILTON ... Jim Blake JOHN T. MURRAY ... Cafe Manager Rest of cast listed alphabetically: JOHN DAVIDSON ... Trailer Host (uncredited) WILBUR MACK ... Stuttering Valet (uncredited) TED SHAPIRO ... Accompanist (uncredited) |
Directed by: LLOYD BACON ========= Writing Credits: LESLIE S. BARROWS ... (story) JACK YELLEN ... (dialogue) DE LEON ANTHONY ... (titles) ========= Music by: ALOIS REISER ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: BEN F. REYNOLDS ========= Costume Design by: EARL LUICK ... (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: FRANK SHAW ... assistant director (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: LARRY CEBALLOS ... dance director |
Production Companies: Warner Bros. (as The Vitaphone Corporation) ========= Distributors: Warner Bros. (1929) [USA] Theatrical |
| 20 June 1929 {premiere} [Los Angeles, California, USA] 14 August 1929 [New York City, New York, USA] 25 October 1929 [Argentina] 23 November 1929 [USA] 13 March 1930 [Japan] 14 March 1930 [Netherlands] 24 March 1930 [Denmark] 28 April 1930 [Finland] 1 September 1930 [Iceland] 5 October 1930 [France] 5 March 1931 [Portugal] 10 June 1931 [Germany] |
 HOLLYWOOD REVUE OF 1929 (Musical) [2 hours 10 minutes] An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players. |
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1929) (uncredited) Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Arthur Freed Played during the opening by The MGM Symphony Orchestra Played on ukulele and sung by Cliff Edwards and The Brox Sisters; Danced by chorus Sung by the major stars at the end BONES AND TAMBOURINES (1929) (uncredited) Written by Fred Fisher Performed by the chorus Sung also by Cliff Edwards in a falsetto voice GOTTA FEELIN' FOR YOU (1929) (uncredited) Music by Louis Alter Lyrics by Jo Trent Sung and Danced by Joan Crawford and Sung by chorus Also Played during intermission MINSTREL DAYS (1929) (uncredited) Music by Gus Edwards Lyrics by Joe Goodwin Sung offscreen by Charles King Performed by the chorus OLD FOLKS AT HOME aka "Swanee River" (1851) (uncredited) Written by Stephen Foster Sung offscreen by Charles King and chorus Played during the "Minstrel Days" sequence OLD BLACK JOE (1860) (uncredited) Written by Stephen Foster Sung offscreen by Charles King and chorus Played during the "Minstrel Days" sequence LOW DOWN RHYTHM (1929) (uncredited) Music by Jesse Greer Lyrics by Raymond Klages Sung by June Purcell and Danced by her and chorus YOUR MOTHER AND MINE (1929) (uncredited) Music by Gus Edwards Lyrics by Joe Goodwin Sung by Charles King and Chorus Also played on violin by Jack Benny and sung by him, with Karl Dane and George K. Arthur Played during the intermission YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME (1929) (uncredited) Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Arthur Freed Sung by Conrad Nagel (dubbed by Charles King) to Anita Page Also briefly sung a cappella by Charles King NOBODY BUT YOU (1929) (uncredited) Music by Gus Edwards Lyrics by Joe Goodwin Played on his ukuele and Sung by Cliff Edwards with chorus Also Sung by him in a falsetto voice Played during the intermission I NEVER KNEW I COULD DO A THING LIKE THAT (1929) (uncredited) Music by Gus Edwards Lyrics by Joe Goodwin Sung and Danced by Bessie Love; Danced by the chorus FOR I'M THE QUEEN (1929) (uncredited) Written by Andy Rice and Martin Broones Sung by Marie Dressler and chorus, with Polly Moran THE SKATERS (LES PATINEURS) (1882) (uncredited) Music by Emil Waldteufel Played during Laurel and Hardy's skit TOMMY ATKINS ON PARADE (1929) (uncredited) Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Arthur Freed Sung and danced by Marion Davies and chorus STRIKE UP THE BAND (1929) (uncredited) Written by Fred Fisher Sung by the Brox Sisters, sung and danced by chorus THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER (1896) (uncredited) Written by John Philip Sousa Played during the "Strike Up the Band" number THE WASHINGTON POST (1889) (uncredited) Music by John Philip Sousa Played during the "Strike Up the Band" number TABLEAU OF THE JEWELS (1929) (uncredited) Written by Fred Fisher Sung by an unidentified male Danced by Carla Laemmle and Buster Keaton in drag LON CHANEY WILL GET YOU IF YOU DON'T WATCH OUT (1929) (uncredited) Music by Gus Edwards Lyrics by Joe Goodwin Sung by Gus Edwards, danced by chorus TURKISH 'ADAGIO' (uncredited) Novelty number danced by the Albertina Rasch Ballet ROMEO AND JULIET OVERTURE (1869) (uncredited) Written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky In the score for the Romeo and Juliet skit CHARLIE, IKE AND GUS (1929) (uncredited) Music by Gus Edwards Lyrics by Joe Goodwin Sung by Sung by Charles King, Cliff Edwards and Gus Edwards WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE (1829) (uncredited) Written by Gioachino Rossini Briefly played in the "Charlie, Ike and Gus" number THE ITALIAN TRIO (1929) (uncredited) Music by Gus Edwards Lyrics by Joe Goodwin Sung by Charles King, Cliff Edwards and Gus Edwards CIRIBIRIBIN (1898) (uncredited) Written by A. Pestalozza Played and Sung in "The Italian Trio" number with modified lyrics MARIA, MARÌ (OH MARIE - OH MARIE) (1899) (uncredited) Written by Eduardo Di Capua and V. Russo Played and Sung in "The Italian Trio" number with modified lyrics O SOLE MIO (1898) (uncredited) Written by Giovanni Capurro, Eduardo Di Capua and Alfredo Mazzucchi Played and Sung in "The Italian Trio" number with modified lyrics FINICULI, FINICULA (1880) (uncredited) Music by Luigi Denza Lyrics by Peppino Turco Played and Sung in "The Italian Trio" number with modified lyrics MARIE, POLLY AND BESS (1929) (uncredited) Music by Gus Edwards Lyrics by Joe Goodwin Sung by Marie Dressler, Polly Moran and Bessie Love HEARTS AND FLOWERS (1893) (uncredited) Music from "Wintermärchen" by Alphons Czibulka Briefly Played during the "Marie, Polly and Bess" number BELLE NUIT (BARCAROLLE) from opera "Les contes d'Hoffmann" (1881) (uncredited) Music by Jacques Offenbach Briefly Played during the "Marie, Polly and Bess" number SONNY BOY (1928) (uncredited) Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Al Jolson, Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown Sung a bit by Polly Moran in the "Marie, Polly and Bess" number THE FOUNTAIN IN THE PARK aka "While Strolling Through the Park One Day" (1884) (uncredited) Written by Ed Haley Sung by Polly Moran, Bessie Love, Marie Dressler, Gus Edwards, Cliff Edwards, and Charles King ORANGE BLOSSOM TIME (1929) (uncredited) Music by Gus Edwards Lyrics by Joe Goodwin Sung by Charles King to Myrtle McLaughlin Danced by the Albertina Rasch Ballet Sung also by Cliff Edwards in a falsetto voice |
CONRAD NAGEL ... Conrad Nagel - Master of Ceremonies JACK BENNY ... Jack Benny - Master of Ceremonies JOHN GILBERT ... John Gilbert / Romeo NORMA SHEARER ... Norma Shearer / Juliet JOAN CRAWFORD ... Joan Crawford BESSIE LOVE ... Bessie Love UKULELE IKE ... Cliff Edwards / Ukulele Ike STAN LAUREL ... Stan Laurel OLIVER HARDY ... Oliver Hardy ANITA PAGE ... Anita Page NILS ASTHER ... Nils Asther BROX SISTERS ... Brox Sisters - Singing Trio NATOVA AND COMPANY ... Themselves MARION DAVIES ... Maron Davies WILLIAM HAINES ... William Haines BUSTER KEATON ... Buster Keaton / Princess Raja MARIE DRESSLER ... Marie Dressler CHARLES KING ... Charles King POLLY MORAN ... Polly Moran GUS EDWARDS ... Gus Edwards DANE ... Himself ARTHUR ... Himself GWEN LEE ... Gwen Lee ALBERTINA RASCH BALLET ... Themselves THE ROUNDERS ... The Rounders - Vocal Quintet ARTHUR LANGE ... Himself - Orchestra Leader Rest of cast listed alphabetically: LIONEL BARRYMORE ... Lionel Barrymore - Director of 'Romeo and Juliet' (uncredited) NACIO HERB BROWN ... Himself (uncredited) BOBBE BROX ... Herself - One of the Brox Sisters (uncredited) KATHLYN BROX ... Herself - One of the Brox Sisters (uncredited) LORAYNE BROX ... Herself - One of the Brox Sisters (uncredited) EDDIE BUSH ... Himself - Member of Biltmore Quartet (uncredited) RAY COOKE ... Ray Cooke / Messenger (uncredited) ANN DVORAK ... Ann Dvorak - Chorus Girl (uncredited) ERNEST BELCHER'S DANCING TOTS ... Themselves (uncredited) PAUL GIBBONS ... Himself - Member of Biltmore Quartet (uncredited) CHES KIRKPATRICK ... Himself - Member of Biltmore Quartet (uncredited) CARLA LAEMMLE ... Herself / Pearl Dancer (uncredited) ANGELLA MAWBY ... Herself - Title Card Trio (uncredited) CLAUDETTE MAWBY ... Herself - Title Card Trio (uncredited) CLAUDINE MAWBY ... Herself - Title Card Trio (uncredited) MYRTLE MCLAUGHLIN ... Herself (uncredited) NATACHA NATOVA ... Herself - Leader of Natova and Company (uncredited) EDWARD J. NUGENT ... Himself / Chorus Boy (uncredited) JUNE PURCELL ... June Purcell - Vocalist in 'Low Down Rhythm' (uncredited) ALBERTINA RASCH ... Herself - Leader of Albertina Rasch Ballet (uncredited) BILL SECKLER ... Himself - Member of Biltmore Quartet (uncredited) |
Directed by: CHARLES F. REISNER CHRISTY CABANNE ... (uncredited) NORMAN HOUSTON ... (Director, some skits) (uncredited) ========= Writing Credits: AL BOASBERG ... (dialogue) & ROBERT HOPKINS ... (dialogue) JOSEPH FARNHAM ... (skit) (uncredited) ========= Produced by: HARRY RAPF ... producer (uncredited) IRVING THALBERG ... producer (uncredited) ========= Music by: ARTHUR LANGE ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: JOHN ARNOLD ... (photography) MAXIMILIAN FABIAN ... (photography) IRVING G. RIES ... (photography) JOHN M. NICKOLAUS ... (uncredited) ========= Film Editing by: WILLIAM GRAY ... (edited by) CAMERON K. WOOD ... (uncredited) ========= Art Direction by: ERTÉ ... (uncredited) ========= Costume Design by: DAVID COX ... (costumes) ERTÉ ... (uncredited) HENRIETTA FRAZER ... (uncredited) JOE RAPF ... (uncredited) ========= Production Management: J.J. COHN ... production manager (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: LIONEL BARRYMORE ... assistant director (uncredited) JACK CUMMINGS ... assistant director (uncredited) SANDY ROTH ... assistant director (uncredited) AL SHENBERG ... assistant director (uncredited) ========= Art Department: RICHARD DAY ... settings CEDRIC GIBBONS ... settings ========= Sound Department: DOUGLAS SHEARER ... recording engineer WILLIAM E. CLARK ... sound assistant (uncredited) RUSSELL FRANKS ... sound assistant (uncredited) WESLEY C. MILLER ... sound assistant (uncredited) A.T. TAYLOR ... sound assistant / sound editor (uncredited) ========= Camera and Electrical Department: LOUIS KOLB ... electrician (uncredited) ========= Music Department: LOUIS ALTER ... interpolations MARTIN BROONES ... interpolations NACIO HERB BROWN ... interpolations GUS EDWARDS ... music by FRED FISHER ... interpolations ARTHUR FREED ...interpolations JOE GOODWIN... lyrics by JESSE GREER ... interpolations RAY KLAGES ... interpolations ARTHUR LANGE ... musical arrangement ANDY RICE ... interpolations DAVE SNELL ... interpolations JO TRENT ... interpolations RAY HEINDORF ... music arranger (uncredited) ERNEST KLAPHOLZ ... music arranger (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: GEORGE CUNNINGHAM ... dances and ensembles assistant SAMMY LEE ... dances and ensembles JOYCE MURRAY ... specialty dancer (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) ========= Distributors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1929) [USA] Theatrical Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn (1930) [SWEDEN] Theatrical Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1930) [NETHERLANDS] Theatrical |
| 18 August 1929 [USA] 6 December 1929 [UK] 24 November 1930 [Finland] |
 WORDS AND MUSIC (Comedy | Music) [1 hour 21 minutes] Phil and Pete compete for Mary's love and also in a contest for best song written by a college student. |
BEAUTY WALTZ (uncredited) Performed by Lois Moran and David Percy THE HUNTING SONG (uncredited) Music by Dave Stamper Lyrics by Harlan Thompson TAKE A LITTLE TIP (uncredited) Music by Dave Stamper Lyrics by Harlan Thompson SHADOWS (uncredited) Music by Archie Gottler and Con Conrad Lyrics by Sidney D. Mitchell SPICE DANCE (uncredited) Music by Dave Stamper STEPPIN' ALONG (uncredited) Written by William Kernell Performed by 'Richard Keene' TOO WONDERFUL FOR WORDS (uncredited) Music by Dave Stamper Lyrics by Harlan Thompson Performed by Tom Patricola and Chorus |
LOIS MORAN ... Mary Brown TOM PATRICOLA ... Hannibal DAVID PERCY ... Phil Denning HELEN TWELVETREES ... Dorothy Blake FRANK ALBERTSON ... Skeet Mulroy ELIZABETH PATTERSON ... Dean Crockett DUKE MORRISON ... Pete Donahue WILLIAM ORLAMOND ... Pop Evans BILTMORE QUARTETTE ... Quartette COLLIER SISTERS ... Singing Sisters BUBBLES CROWELL ... Bubbles VINA GALE ... Adagio Dancer MURIEL GARDNER ... Ensemble Member HARRIET GRIFFITH ... Adagio Dancer JOHN GRIFFITH ... Adagio Dancer CHARLES HUFF ... Adagio Dancer HELEN HUNT ... Adagio Dancer DOROTHY JORDAN ... Ensemble Member RICHARD KEENE ... Singer HELEN PARRISH ... Song and dance principal ARTHUR SPRINGER ... Adagio Dancer JACK WADE ... Ensemble Member DOROTHY WARD ... Co-Ed WARD BOND ... Football Player Rest of cast listed alphabetically: SUGAR ADAIR ... Showgirl (uncredited) DARLINE ADDISON ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) HARRY ALBERS ... Chorus Man (uncredited) IRIS ASHTON ... Showgirl (uncredited) JULIE BLAKE ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) RAYMONDA BROWN ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) EDDIE BUSH ... Biltmore Quartet Member (uncredited) LITA CHEVRET ... Showgirl (uncredited) MARIE COOPER ... Showgirl (uncredited) DIANA DARE ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) DOROTHY DARLING ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) LUCILLE DAY ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) SAYRE DEARING ... Chorus Man (uncredited) FRANCES DEE ... Co-Ed (uncredited) CARL DIAL ... Chorus Man (uncredited) BLANCHE FISHER ... Showgirl (uncredited) TOM GENTRY ... Chorus Man (uncredited) PAUL GIBBONS ... Biltmore Quartet Member (uncredited) KENNETH GIBSON ... Chorus Man (uncredited) JUNE GLORY ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) DICK GORDON ... Chorus Man (uncredited) DOROTHY GRANGER ... Co-Ed (uncredited) CHARLOTTE HAGALER ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) KATHRYN HANKIN ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) EARL HUGHES ... Chorus Man (uncredited) KATHARINE IRVING ... Showgirl (uncredited) LUCILE JACQUES ... Showgirl (uncredited) ADELE CUTLER JEROME ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) CHES KIRKPATRICK ... Biltmore Quartet Member (uncredited) BILLY KITTRIDGE ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) PAULA LANGLEN ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) MILDRED LAUB ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) MILDRED LIVINGSTON ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) JEAN LORRAINE ... Showgirl (uncredited) HELEN LOUISE ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) MAE MADISON ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) PEGGY MALLOY ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) MAVIS MAY ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) EARL McCARTHY ... Chorus Man (uncredited) WILLIAM MILLER ... Chorus Man (uncredited) MARION MILLS ... Showgirl (uncredited) PAUL POWER ... Chorus Man (uncredited) SUE RAINEY ... Showgirl (uncredited) BETTY RECKLAW ... Showgirl (uncredited) EMILY RENARD ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) BOBBY RENEE ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) THELMA ROBERTS ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) MAURICE SALVAGE ... Chorus Man (uncredited) BILL SECKLER ... Biltmore Quartet Member (uncredited) BERNICE SNELL ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) JOHN SYLVESTER ... Chorus Man (uncredited) M. TROUBETSKY ... Chorus Man (uncredited) DARLEEN VER JEAN ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) MARION WELDON ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) WILMA WRAY ... Ensemble Member (uncredited) |
Directed by: JAMES TINLING ========= Writing Credits: FREDERICK HAZLITT BRENNAN ... (story) and JACK McEDWARDS ... (story) ANDREW BENNISON ... (scenario) ========= Produced by: CHANDLER SPRAGUE ... executive producer ========= Music by: CON CONRAD ARCHIE GOTTLER SIDNEY D. MITCHELL DAVE STAMPER ========= Cinematography by: DON ANDERSON ... (photography) CHARLES G. CLARKE ... (photography) CHARLES VAN ENGER ... director of photography ========= Film Editing by: RALPH DIXON ========= Costume Design by: SOPHIE WACHNER ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: WILLIAM TINLING ... assistant director ========= Art Department: JOHN WAYNE ... property assistant ========= Sound Department: JOSEPH AIKEN ... sound DONALD FLICK ... sound ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: SAM BENSON ... wardrobe (uncredited) ========= Music Department ARTHUR KAY ... musical director ========= Additional Crew: WILLIAM FOX ... presenter FRANK MERLIN ... associate director EDWARD ROYCE ... ensemble director |
Production Companies: Fox Film Corporation ========= Distributors: Fox Film Corporation (1929) [USA] Theatrical |
| 24 August 1929 [USA] 5 January 1931 [Finland] |
 MARIANNE (Drama | Musical | Romance) [1 hour 51 minutes] During World War I, a young French woman struggles to choose between two suitors: a blind soldier to whom she is engaged and an American serviceman. |
LA MARSEILLAISE (1792) (uncredited) Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle Played after French mobilization for World War I MARIANNE (1929) (uncredited) Music by Fred E. Ahlert Lyrics by Roy Turk Played as background music and sung by George Baxter in French Reprised by Marion Davies in English Reprised by Lawrence Gray MADEMOISELLE FROM ARMENTIÈRES (uncredited) Traditional Sung by the doughboys WHEN I SEE MY SUGAR (1929) (uncredited) Music by Fred E. Ahlert Lyrics by Roy Turk Played on ukulele and sung by Cliff Edwards and the doughboys Reprised at the going away party BLONDY (1929) (uncredited) Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Arthur Freed Sung by Lawrence Gray and the doughboys JUST YOU, JUST ME (1929) (uncredited) Music by Jesse Greer Lyrics by Raymond Klages Played on guitar and sung by Lawrence Gray Reprised by Marion Davies Reprised by Lawrence Gray and by Cliff Edwards HANG ON TO ME (1929) (uncredited) Music by Jesse Greer Lyrics by Raymond Klages Played on guitar and sung by Cliff Edwards Danced to by Benny Rubin OO-LA-LA-LA-LA (1929) (uncredited) Music by Fred E. Ahlert Lyrics by Roy Turk Sung by the doughboys at the going away party Sung also by Marion Davies Lyrics spoken by Marion Davies imitating Sarah Bernhardt THE GIRL FROM NOOCHATEAU (1929) (uncredited) Music by Fred E. Ahlert Lyrics by Roy Turk Sung and danced to by Benny Rubin LOUISE (1929) (uncredited) Music by Richard A. Whiting Lyrics by Leo Robin Sung by Marion Davies imitating Maurice Chevalier WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? (1917) (uncredited) Music by Percy Wenrich Lyrics by Howard Johnson Sung by the doughboys as they go home THE SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK (1894) (uncredited) Music by Charles Lawlor Played as background music in New York |
MARION DAVIES ... Marianne GEORGE BAXTER ... André LAWRENCE GRAY ... Stagg CLIFF EDWARDS ... Soapy BENNY RUBIN ... Sam SCOTT KOLK ... Lieut. Frane ROBERT EDESON ... The General EMILE CHAUTARD ... Père Joseph Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ERNIE ALEXANDER ... One of the Doughboys (uncredited) OSCAR APFEL ... Maj. Russart (uncredited) JOHN CARROLL ... Doughboy (uncredited) DREW DEMOREST ... Doughboy (uncredited) SHERRY HALL ... Soldier in Russart's Office (uncredited) SEYMOUR KUPPER ... Teen-Age Boy (uncredited) GEORGE MAGRILL ... Military Policeman (uncredited) DOUGLAS SCOTT ... Sylvestre (uncredited) HARRY TENBROOK ... Doughboy (uncredited) DICK WINSLOW ... Teen-age boy playing accordion for soldiers' marching song (uncredited) |
Directed by: ROBERT Z. LEONARD ========= Writing Credits: DALE VAN EVERY ... (story) LAURENCE STALLINGS ... (dialogue) and GLADYS UNGER ... (dialogue) JOSEPH FARNHAM ... (titles) (uncredited) ========= Produced by: MARION DAVIES ... producer (uncredited) ROBERT Z. LEONARD ... producer (uncredited) ========= Music by: WILLIAM AXT ... (uncredited) CHARLES MAXWELL ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: OLIVER MARSH ... (photographed by) ========= Film Editing by: JAMES McKAY ... film editor BASIL WRANGELL ... (uncredited) ========= Art Direction by: CEDRIC GIBBONS ========= Sound Department: DOUGLAS SHEARER ... recording engineer ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: ADRIAN ... wardrobe ========= Music Department: FRED E. AHLERT ... music and lyrics by NACIO HERB BROWN ... interpolations ARTHUR FREED ... interpolations JESSE GREER ... interpolations RAYMOND KLAGES ... interpolations ROY TURK ... music and lyrics by |
Production Companies: Cosmopolitan Productions (for) (as a Marion Davies Production) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated) (A Robert Z. Leonard Production) (A Marion Davies Production) ========= Distributors: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1929) [USA] Theatrical Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn (1931) [SWEDEN] Theatrical Warner Home Video (2016) [USA] DVD - dvdr |
| 25 August 1929 {premiere} [USA] October 1929 [USA] |
 WHY LEAVE HOME? (Comedy | Music) [1 hour 10 minutes] Dixie Lee, best known to latter-day viewers as the first wife of Bing Crosby, essayed a leading role in the early Fox talkie Why Leave Home?. Things get under way when suburban matrons Ethel (Ilka Chase), Susan (Dot Farley) and Maude (Laura Hamilton) discover that their husbands George (Jed Prouty), Elmer (Walter Catlett) and Roy (Gordon DeMain) have been "stepping out" with some chorus girls. To get even, the ladies hire college boys Jose (Richard Keene), Oscar (David Rollins) and Dick (Nick Stuart) as their "gigolos." Caught in the middle are the collegiates' showgirl sweethearts Billie (Dixie Lee), Jackie (Jean Barry) and Mary (Sue Carol). Inevitably, all fifteen protagonists meet at a nightclub,leading to a cascade of slapstick complications. ===== A remake of 1928's The Cradle Snatchers, Why Leave Home? was itself remade as Let's Face It in 1943. |
DOING THE BOOM-BOOM Written by Con Conrad, Archie Gottler and Sidney D. Mitchell Performed by Sue Carol LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME Written by Con Conrad, Archie Gottler and Sidney D. Mitchell Performed by Sue Carol MAUDITA Written by Con Conrad, Archie Gottler and Sidney D. Mitchell OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE Written by Con Conrad, Archie Gottler and Sidney D. Mitchell |
SUE CAROL ... Mary NICK STUART ... Dick DIXIE LEE ... Billie ILKA CHASE ... Ethel WALTER CATLETT ... Elmer DAVID ROLLINS ... Oscar JEAN BARY ... Jackie JED PROUTY ... George RICHARD KEENE ... Jose LAURA HAMILTON ... Maude DOT FARLEY ... Susan GORDON DE MAIN ... Roy GUS ARNHEIM ...Gus Arnheim Rest of cast listed alphabetically: FRED MacMURRAY ... Orchestra Musician (uncredited) |
Directed by: RAYMOND CANNON ========= Writing Credits: RUSSELL G. MEDCRAFT ... (play) and NORMAN MITCHELL ... (play) ROBERT S. CARR ... (adaptation) WALTER CATLETT ... (dialogue) ========= Produced by: MALCOLM STUART BOYLAN ... associate producer ========= Cinematography by: DANIEL B. CLARK ========= Film Editing by: JACK MURRAY ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: CLARK MURRAY ... assistant director ========= Sound Department: FRANK MacKENZIE ... sound ========= Music Department: CON CONRAD ... music and lyrics by ARCHIE GOTTLER ... music and lyrics by SIDNEY D. MITCHELL ... music and lyrics by ========= Additional Crew: WILLIAM FOX ... presenter |
Production Companies: Fox Film Corporation ========= Distributors: Fox Film Corporation (1929) [USA] Theatrical |
| 30 August 1929 [USA] 30 December 1930 [Portugal] |
 GOLD DIGGERS OF BROADWAY (Comedy | Musical) [1 hour 41 minutes] Three Broadway chorus girls seek rich husbands. |
AND STILL THEY FALL IN LOVE (uncredited) Lyrics by Al Dubin Music by Joseph Burke Copyright 1929 by M. Witmark & Sons Sung by Nancy Welford GO TO BED (uncredited) Lyrics by Al Dubin Music by Joseph Burke Copyright 1929 by M. Witmark & Sons Sung by Nick Lucas KEEPING THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR (uncredited) Lyrics by Al Dubin Music by Joseph Burke Copyright 1929 by M. Witmark & Sons Sung by Winnie Lightner SONG OF THE GOLD DIGGERS (uncredited) Lyrics by Al Dubin Music by Joseph Burke Copyright 1929 by M. Witmark & Sons Sung by Nancy Welford WHAT WILL I DO WITHOUT YOU (uncredited) Lyrics by Al Dubin Music by Joseph Burke Copyright 1929 by M. Witmark & Sons Sung by Nick Lucas PAINTING THE CLOUDS WITH SUNSHINE (uncredited) Lyrics by Al Dubin Music by Joseph Burke Copyright 1929 by M. Witmark & Sons Sung by Nick Lucas TIP-TOE THRU' THE TULIPS WITH ME (uncredited) Lyrics by Al Dubin Music by Joseph Burke Copyright 1929 by M. Witmark & Sons. Sung by Nick Lucas IN A KITCHENETTE (uncredited) Lyrics by Al Dubin Music by Joseph Burke Copyright 1929 by M. Witmark & Sons. Sung by Nick Lucas MECHANICAL MAN (uncredited) Lyrics by Al Dubin Music by Joseph Burke Copyright 1929 by M. Witmark & Sons. Sung by Winnie Lightner |
NANCY WELFORD ... Jerry Lamar CONWAY TEARLE ... Stephen Lee WINNIE LIGHTNER ... Mabel ANN PENNINGTON ... Ann Collins LILYAN TASHMAN ... Eleanor WILLIAM BAKEWELL ... Wally NICK LUCAS ... Nick HELEN FOSTER ... Violet ALBERT GRAN ... Blake JULIA SWAYNE GORDON ... Cissy Gray LEE MORAN ... Dance Director ARMAND KALIZ ... Barney Barnett Rest of cast listed alphabetically: LOUISE BEAVERS ... Sadie the Maid NEELY EDWARDS ... Stage Manager GERTRUDE SHORT ... Topsy HELEN JOHNSON NOAH BEERY Jr. ... Stage Boy (uncredited) GEORGE RAFT ... Dancer (uncredited) |
Directed by: ROY DEL RUTH ========= Writing Credits: DE LEON ANTHONY ... (titles) AVERY HOPWOOD ... (play) ROBERT LORD ... (story) ========= Cinematography by: BARNEY McGILL RAY RENNAHAN ========= Film Editing by: WILLIAM HOLMES ========= Costume Design by: EARL LUICK ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: ROSS LEDERMAN ... assistant director ========= Sound Department: GEORGE R. GROVES ... sound recording engineer ========= Camera and Electrical Department: PAUL IVANO ... director of photography: second unit (uncredited) ========= Music Department: LOUIS SILVERS ... conductor DAVID MENDOZA ... composer: additional music (uncredited) ALOIS REISER ... composer: additional music (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: LARRY CEBALLOS ... dance & stage presentations LEWIS GEIB ... technician F.N. MURPHY ... technician M. PARKER ... technician VICTOR VANCE ... technician A.P. WAXMAN ... general press representative (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Warner Bros. (as The Vitaphone Corporation) ========= Distributors: Warner Bros. (1929) [USA] Theatrical Warner Bros. (1930) [SWEDEN] Theatrical |
| 15 September 1929 [USA] 6 October 1929 [New York City, New York, USA] 7 February 1930 [Netherlands] 26 February 1930 [Japan] 7 April 1930 [Finland] 14 October 1930 [Portugal] |
 RIO RITA (Adventure | Music | Romance) [2 hours 20 minutes] Capt. James Stewart pursues the bandit "The Kinkajou" over the Mexican border and falls in love with Rita. He suspects, that her brother is the bandit. |
JUMPING BEAN (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by Dorothy Lee and chorus THE KINKAJOU (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by Dorothy Lee and chorus SWEETHEARTS (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by Bebe Daniels RIVER SONG (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by Bebe Daniels RIO RITA (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by John Boles and Bebe Daniels SIESTA TIME (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by chorus ESPANOLA (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by Robert Woolsey ARE YOU THERE (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by Dorothy Lee and Bert Wheeler THE RANGERS' SONG (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by John Boles and chorus YOU'RE ALWAYS IN MY ARMS (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy THE SPANISH SHAWL (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by Eva Rosita IF YOU'RE IN LOVE YOU'LL WALTZ (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by Bebe Daniels OUT ON THE LOOSE (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by Bert Wheeler and chorus POOR FOOL (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by Bebe Daniels OVER THE BOUNDARY LINE (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by chorus SWEETHEART, WE NEED EACH OTHER (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Performed by Bert Wheeler and Dorothy Lee FOLLOWING THE SUN AROUND (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Published with other songs from the movie and may be in the cut footage LONG BEFORE YOU CAME (1927) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Published with other songs from the movie and may be in the cut footage |
BEBE DANIELS ... Rita Ferguson JOHN BOLES ... Captain Jim Stewart BERT WHEELER ... Chick Bean ROBERT WOOLSEY ... Ned Lovett DOROTHY LEE ... Dolly Bean DON ALVARADO ... Roberto Ferguson GEORGES RENAVENT ... General Ravinoff HELEN KAISER ... Mrs. Katie Bean Rest of cast listed alphabetically: THOMAS C. SMITH ... Texas Ranger RICHARD ALEXANDER ... Gonzales (uncredited) HANK BELL ... Texas Ranger (uncredited) SAMMY BLUM ... Mexican Cafe Owner (uncredited) FRED BURNS ... Wilkins (uncredited) LITA CHEVRET ... Louie's Wife (uncredited) CIMINI MALE CHORUS ... Vocal Ensemble (uncredited) ANDY CLARK ... Dancer (uncredited) BEN CORBETT ... Texas Ranger (uncredited) NICK DE RUIZ ... Padrone (uncredited) ELIAS GAMBOA ... Mexican (uncredited) JACK 'TINY' LIPSON ... Louie (uncredited) ROBERT LIVINGSTON ... Dancer (uncredited) RAYMOND MAUREL ... Singer - Leader Cimini Male Chorus (uncredited) CLYDE McCLARY ... Louie's Henchman (uncredited) BUD McCLURE ... Texas Ranger (uncredited) SAM NELSON ... McGinn (uncredited) BUD OSBORNE ... Texas Ranger (uncredited) TEX PHELPS ... Ranger (uncredited) EVA ROSITA ... Carmen (uncredited) TINY SANDFORD ... Davalos (uncredited) FRED SCOTT ... Singing Texas Ranger (uncredited) CHARLES STEVENS ... José (uncredited) BLUE WASHINGTON ... Fremont Bank Robber (uncredited) |
Directed by: LUTHER REED ========= Writing Credits: LUTHER REED ... (adapted by) GUY BOLTON ... (book) and FRED THOMPSON ... (book) ========= Produced by: WILLIAM LeBARON ... producer FLORENZ ZIEGFELD Jr. ... producer (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: ROBERT KURRLE ... (photographed by) ========= Film Editing by: WILLIAM HAMILTON ... film editor ========= Art Direction by: MAX RÉE ========= Costume Design by: WALTER PLUNKETT ... (uncredited) MAX RÉE ... (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: HUGH McDOWELL Jr. ... chief recorder ========= Visual Effects by: LLOYD KNECHTEL ... photographic effects ========= Stunts: BEN CORBETT ... stunts (uncredited) KERMIT MAYNARD ... stunts (uncredited) BUDDY ROOSEVELT ... stunts (uncredited) ========= Camera and Electrical Department: WILLARD BARTH ... assistant camera ROBERT DE GRASSE ... camera operator GEORGE E. DISKANT ... assistant camera PAUL GARNETT ... assistant camera EDDIE GARVIN ... assistant camera AL GREENE ... camera crew TED KLETT ... camera crew JAMES B. SHACKELFORD ... camera operator DAVE SMITH ... assistant camera NEALSON SMITH ... still photographer JACK THOMAS ... camera crew FRANK TITUS ... camera operator JOE WALTERS ... camera crew ERNEST BACHRACH ... still photographer (uncredited) ========= Editorial Department: PANDRO S. BERMAN ... associate editor (uncredited) ========= Music Department: VICTOR BARAVALLE ... musical director JOSEPH McCARTHY ... lyrics by: from the Ziegfeld production HARRY TIERNEY ... music by: from the Ziegfeld production MAX STEINER ... orchestrator (uncredited) ROY WEBB ... orchestrator (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: PIETRO CIMINI ... director: Cimini Grand Chorus PEARL EATON ... dances staged by RUSSELL MACK ... dialogue directed by HYATT DAAB ... publicist (uncredited) FLORENZ ZIEGFELD Jr. ... producer: stage play (uncredited) |
Production Companies: RKO Radio Pictures (presents) (as RKO Productions, Inc.) ========= Distributors: RKO Radio Pictures (A Radio Picture) (1929) [USA] Theatrical Fotorama (1929) [NORWAY] Theatrical Ideal (as Ideal Films Ltd.) (1930) [UK] Theatrical RKO Radio Pictures (1932) [USA] Theatrical - re-release Warner Home Video (2009) [USA] DVD ========= Other Companies: Technicolor (color photography by) |
| 17 September 1929 [New York City, New York, USA] 13 February 1930 [USA] 26 July 1930 [Sweden] 5 January 1931 [Madrid, Spain] 4 May 1931 [Finland] 2 November 1931 [Portugal] |
 HAPPY DAYS (Musical) [1 hour 20 minutes] Margie, singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York inspite of being in love with the owners grandson. She is successful, but suddenly she hears that the showboat is in deep financial trouble, and she calls all the boats former stars to join in a big show to rescue it. |
WE'LL BUILD A LITTLE WORLD OF OUR OWN Lyrics by James Brockman Music by James F. Hanley Copyright 1930 by Red Star Music Co. Inc Performed by Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell HAPPY DAYS Lyrics by Joseph McCarthy Music by James F. Hanley Copyright 1930 by Red Star Music Co. Inc Performed by 'Whispering' Jack Smith A TOAST TO THE GIRL I LOVE Lyrics by James Brockman Music by James F. Hanley Copyright 1930 by Red Star Music Co. Inc DREAM ON A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE Lyrics by James Brockman Music by James F. Hanley Copyright 1930 by Red Star Music Co. Inc I'M ON A DIET OF LOVE Lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert Music by Abel Baer Copyright 1930 by DeSylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc. Performed by Marjorie White MINSTREL MEMORIES Lyrics by L. Wolfe Gilbert Music by Abel Baer Copyright 1930 by DeSylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc. MONA Lyrics and Music by Con Conrad, Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler Copyright 1929 by DeSylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc. Performed by Frank Richardson SNAKE HIPS Lyrics and Music by Con Conrad, Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler Copyright 1929 by DeSylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc. Performed by Sharon Lynn and Ann Pennington CRAZY FEET Lyrics and Music by Con Conrad, Sidney D. Mitchell, Archie Gottler Copyright 1929 by DeSylva, Brown & Henderson, Inc. VIC AND EDDIE Lyrics and Music by Harry Stoddard and Marcy Klauber Performed by Victor McLaglen and Edmund Lowe LAS GOLONDRINAS Music by Narciso Serradell WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE Music by Gioachino Rossini ZAMPA OVERTURE Music by Louis Joseph Hérold |
CHARLES E. EVANS ... Colonel Billy Batcher MARJORIE WHITE ... Margie RICHARD KEENE ... Dick STUART ERWIN ... Jig MARTHA LEE SPARKS ... Nancy Lee CLIFFORD DEMPSEY ... Sheriff Benton JAMES J. CORBETT ... Interlocutor - Minstrel Show GEORGE MacFARLANE ... Interlocutor - Minstrel Show JANET GAYNOR ... Janet Gaynor CHARLES FARRELL ... Charles Farrell VICTOR McLAGLEN ... Minstrel Show Performer EL BRENDEL ... Minstrel Show Performer WILLIAM COLLIER Sr. ... End Man - Minstrel Show TOM PATRICOLA ... Minstrel Show Performer GEORGE JESSEL ... Minstrel Show Performer DIXIE LEE ... Lead Dancer in 'Crazy Feet' number NICK STUART ... Nick Stuart REX BELL ... Rex Bell FRANK ALBERTSON ... Frankie Albertson SHARON LYNN ... Dancer - 'Snake Hips' Number 'WHISPERING' JACK SMITH ... Minstrel Show Performer LEW BRICE ... Minstrel Show Performer J. FARRELL MacDONALD ... Train Conductor WILL ROGERS ... Minstrel Show Performer EDMUND LOWE ... Minstrel Show Performer WALTER CATLETT ... End Man - Minstrel Show FRANK RICHARDSON ... Minstrel Show Performer ANN PENNINGTON ... Dancer - 'Snake Hips' Number DAVID ROLLINS ... Minstrel Show Performer WARNER BAXTER ... Minstrel Show Performer HELEN MANN ... Chorus Woman MARY LANSING ... Chorus Woman BEVERLY ROYDE ... Chorus Woman JOAN NAVARRO ... Chorus Woman PAUL PAGE ... Paul Page CATHERINE NAVARRO ... Chorus Woman DOROTHY McNAMES ... Chorus Woman VEE MAULE ... Chorus Woman HAZEL SPERLING ... Chorus Woman BO PEEP KARLIN ... Chorus Woman GEORGIA PEMBLETON ... Chorus Woman MARBETH WRIGHT ... Chorus Woman MIRIAM HELLMAN ... Chorus Woman MARGARET LA MARR ... Chorus Woman CONSUELO DE LOS ÁNGELES ... Chorus Woman LEE AUBURN ... Chorus Woman BETTY HALSEY ... Chorus Woman JOYCE LORME ... Chorus Woman MYRA MASON ... Chorus Woman EILEEN BANNON ... Chorus Woman THERESA ALLEN ... Chorus Woman PEAR LA VELLE ... Chorus Woman BARBARA LA VELLE ... Chorus Woman GERTRUDE FRIEDLY ... Chorus Woman DOROTHY KIRSTEN ... Chorus Woman DORIS BAKER ... Chorus Woman MELISSA TEN EYCK ... Chorus Woman KAY GORDON ... Chorus Woman BETTY GORDON ... Chorus Woman JEAN DE PARVA ... Chorus Woman JOAN GAYLORD ... Chorus Woman CHARLOTTE HAMILL ... Chorus Woman ALICE GOODSELL ... Chorus Woman GWEN KEATE ... Chorus Woman VIRGINIA JOYCE .. Chorus Woman LAVERNE LEONARD ... Chorus Woman BETTY GRABLE ... Chorus Woman MARJORIE LEVOE ... Chorus Woman PAT HANNE ... Chorus Woman ESTELLA ESSEX ... Chorus Woman JACK FROST ... Chorus Man JOHN WESTERFELT ... Chorus Man DOUGLAS STEADE ... Chorus Man PETER CUSTULOVICH ... Chorus Man JOHN LOCKHART ... Chorus Man RANDALL REYNOLDS ... Chorus Man CARTER SEXTON ... Chorus Man LEO HANLEY ... Chorus Man GEORGE SCHELLER ... Chorus Man KENNETH NORDYKE ... Chorus Man MARIUS LANGAN ... Chorus Man RALPH DEMAREE ... Chorus Man GLEN ALDEN ... Chorus Man FRANK McKEE ... Chorus Man JOE HOLLAND ... Chorus Man BOB McKEE ... Chorus Man ED ROCKWELL ... Chorus Man CLARENCE BROWN Jr. ... Chorus Man ROY ROCKWOOD ... Chorus Man ENRICO CUCCINELLI ... Chorus Man HARRY LAUDER ... Chorus Man TED WATERS ... Chorus Man THOMAS VARTIAN ... Chorus Man J. HAROLD REEVES ... Chorus Man PHIL KOLAR ... Chorus Man FRAN HELLER ... Chorus Man WILLIAM HARGRAVE ... Chorus Man TED SMITH ... Chorus Man Rest of cast listed alphabetically: LUCIEN LITTLEFIELD ... Lucien Littlefield J. HAROLD MURRAY ... J. Harold Murray GEORGE OLSEN ... George Olsen SAM SPIEGEL ... Sam Spiegel TOM KENNEDY ... Doorman (uncredited) HARRY TYLER ... Manager of Stage & Screen Club (uncredited) |
Directed by: BENJAMIN STOLOFF ========= Writing Credits: SIDNEY LANFIELD ... (story) EDWIN BURKE ... (story) EDWIN BURKE ... (dialogue) SIDNEY LANFIELD ... (dialogue) ========= Produced by: WILLIAM FOX ... producer ========= Cinematography by: LUCIEN ANDRIOT JOHN SCHMITZ J.O. TAYLOR ... (Grandeur camera) (uncredited) ========= Film Editing by: CLYDE CARRUTH ========= Costume Design by: SOPHIE WACHNER ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: MICHAEL FARLEY ... assistant director AD SCHAUMER ... assistant director JOHN SCHMITZ ... assistant director ========= Art Department: JACK SCHULZE ... settings ========= Sound Department: SAMUEL WAITE ... sound ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: SAM BENSON ... wardrobe (uncredited) ========= Music Department: ABEL BAER ... music and lyrics by JAMES BROCKMAN ... music and lyrics by CONRAD ... music and lyrics by L. WOLFE GILBERT ... music and lyrics by GOTTLER ... music and lyrics by JAMES F. HANLEY ... music and lyrics by MARCY KLAUBER ... music and lyrics by JOSEPH McCARTHY ... music and lyrics by MITCHELL ... music and lyrics by HARRY STODDARD ... music and lyrics by ========= Additional Crew: WALTER CATLETT ... stager WILLIAM FOX ... presenter EARL LINDSAY ... choreographer |
Production Companies: Fox Film Corporation ========= Distributors: Fox Film Corporation (1929) [USA] Theatrical |
| 7 October 1929 [New York City, New York, USA] 4 January 1930 [USA] 28 April 1930 [UK] 17 May 1933 [Sweden] |
 APPLAUSE (Drama | Musical) [1 hour 20 minutes] A burlesque star seeks to keep her convent-raised daughter away from her low-down life and abusive lover/stage manager. |
YAAKA HULA HICKEY DULA (HAWAIIAN LOVE SONG) Written by E. Ray Goetz, Joe Young and Pete Wendling GIVE YOUR LITTLE BABY LOTS OF LOVIN' Music by Joseph Burke Lyrics by Dolly Morse I'VE GOT A FEELING I'M FALLING Music by Fats Waller and Harry Link Lyrics by Billy Rose WHAT WOULDN'T I DO FOR THAT MAN? Music by Jay Gorney Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg Sung by Helen Morgan DOIN' THE RACCOON (uncredited) Written by J. Fred Coots and Raymond Klages |
HELEN MORGAN ... Kitty Darling JOAN PEERS ... April Darling FULLER MELLISH Jr. ... Hitch Nelson JACK CAMERON ... Joe King HENRY WADSWORTH ... Tony Rest of cast listed alphabetically: BILLIE BERNARD ... Beef Trust Chorus Girl PHYLISS BOLCE ... Beef Trust Chorus Girl LOTTA BURNELL ... Beef Trust Chorus Girl ALICE CLAYTON ... Beef Trust Chorus Girl FLORENCE DICKERSON ... Beef Trust Chorus Girl VIOLA GALLO ...Beef Trust Chorus Girl E. GRANISS ... Beef Trust Chorus Girl MARY GERTRUDE HAINES ... April as a child DAVID HOLT ... Jack Singer MADGE McLAUGHLIN ... Beef Trust Chorus Girl MAY MILLER ... Beef Trust Chorus Girl SALLY PANZER ... Beef Trust Chorus Girl CLAIRE ROSE ... Beef Trust Chorus Girl WILLIAM S. STEPHENS ... Gus Feinbaum A. STEWART ... Beef Trust Chorus Girl JUNE TAYLOR ... Beef Trust Chorus Girl F. THOMAS ... Beef Trust Chorus Girl ESTELLE VALENTINE ... Beef Trust Chorus Girl LOIS WINTERS ... Beef Trust Chorus Girl WILLIAM BROWNING ... Undetermined Role (uncredited) DOROTHY CUMMING ... Mother Superior (uncredited) MACK GRAY ... Slim's Brother (uncredited) ROY HARGRAVE ... Slim Lamont (uncredited) JACK SINGER ... Dave Holt (uncredited) |
Directed by: ROUBEN MAMOULIAN ========= Writing Credits: BETH BROWN ... (story) GARRETT FORT ... (adapted by) ========= Produced by: MONTA BELL ... producer JESSE L. LASKY ... producer (uncredited) WALTER WANGER ... producer (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: GEORGE FOLSEY ========= Film Editing by: JOHN BASSLER ... (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: OTTO BROWER ... assistant director (uncredited) RAY COZINE ... second assistant director (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: C.A. TUTHILL ... sound mixer (uncredited) ERNEST ZATORSKY ... sound recordist (uncredited) ========= Camera and Electrical Department: GEORGE HINNERS ... second camera (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: JESSE L. LASKY ... presenter ADOLPH ZUKOR ... presenter |
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures ========= Distributors: Paramount Pictures (1929) [USA] Theatrical MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) [USA] TV Kino Video (2003) [USA] DVD Kino Video (2003) [USA] VHS |
| 16 October 1929 [USA] 15 December 1930 [Barcelona, Spain] 3 August 1931 [Madrid, Spain] |
 SO LONG LETTY (Comedy | Musical) [1 hour 4 minutes] Uncle Claude comes to the Ardmore Beach Hotel to see Tommy and his wife. At the hotel, with his two granddaughters Ruth and Sally, Uncle Claude meets a wise talking employee named Letty which causes him to leave the Hotel. When he finds Tommy, he mistakes Grace for his wife and likes her and the way she keeps a clean house. To get a big check from Uncle Claude and to see how life is with the other, the two couples switch spouses for a week. |
AM I BLUE by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke Performed by Charlotte Greenwood LET ME HAVE MY DREAMS by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke Performed by Charlotte Greenwood CLOWNING by Grant Clarke and Harry Akst Performed by Charlotte Greenwood, Bert Roach and Grant Withers MY BEAUTY SHOP by Grant Clarke and Harry Akst Performed by Charlotte Greenwood MY STRONGEST WEAKNESS IS YOU by Grant Clarke and Harry Akst Performed by Charlotte Greenwood ONE SWEET LITTLE YES by Grant Clarke and Harry Akst Performed by Grant Withers and Marion Byron SO LONG LETTY by Earl Carroll Performed by Bert Roach; reprised by Charlotte Greenwood, Bert Roach, Grant Withers, Patsy Ruth Miller, Claude Gillingwater, Marion Byron, Helen Foster, Hallam Cooley and Harry Gribbon |
CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD ... Letty Robbins CLAUDE GILLINGWATER ... Uncle Claude Davis GRANT WITHERS ... Harry Miller PATSY RUTH MILLER ... Grace Miller BERT ROACH ... Tommy Robbins MARION BYRON ... Ruth Davis HELEN FOSTER ... Sally Davis HALLAM COOLEY ... Clarence de Brie HARRY GRIBBON ... Joe Casey LLOYD INGRAHAM ... Judge JACK GREY ... Police Sergeant Rest of cast listed alphabetically: WILBUR MACK ... Desk Clerk (uncredited) |
Directed by: LLOYD BACON ========= Writing Credits: DE LEON ANTHONY ... (titles) ARTHUR CAESAR ... (dialogue) ELMER HARRIS ... (play) ROBERT LORD ... (writer) OLIVER MOROSCO ... (play) ========= Cinematography by: JAMES VAN TREES ========= Film Editing by: JACK KILLIFER ========= Music Department: LOUIS SILVERS ... musical director |
Production Companies: Warner Bros. (as The Vitaphone Corporation) ========= Distributors: Warner Bros. (1929) [USA] Theatrical Associated Artists Productions (AAP) (1956) [USA] TV |
| 7 November 1929 [USA] 17 March 1930 [Sweden] 17 April 1930 [Mexico] 1930 [Germany] 26 January 1931 [Portugal] 31 August 1931 [Madrid, Spain] |
 PARIS (Musical | Romance) [1 hour 37 minutes] Cora Sabbot (Louise Closser Hale) leaves her Newton Center, Massachusetts home and goes to Paris, France with the express purpose of preventing the marriage of her son, Andrew Sabbot (Jason Robards Sr as Jason Robards), to stage star Vivienne Rolland (Irène Bordon). |
AN' FURTHERMORE (uncredited) Music by Harry Warren Lyrics by Bud Green WOB-A-LY WALK (uncredited) Music by Harry Warren Lyrics by Bud Green DON'T LOOK AT ME THAT WAY (uncredited) Written by Cole Porter MY LOVER (uncredited) Music by Edward Ward Lyrics by Al Bryan CRYSTAL GIRL (uncredited) Music by Edward Ward Lyrics by Al Bryan MISS WONDERFUL (uncredited) Music by Edward Ward Lyrics by Al Bryan I WONDER WHAT IS REALLY ON HIS MIND (uncredited) Music by Edward Ward Lyrics by Al Bryan I'M A LITTLE NEGATIVE (uncredited) Music by Edward Ward Lyrics by Al Bryan SOMEBODY MIGHTY LIKE YOU (uncredited) Music by Edward Ward Lyrics by Al Bryan AMONG MY SOUVENIRS (uncredited) Music by Lawrence Wright Lyrics by Edgar Leslie |
IRÈNE BORDONI ... Vivienne Rolland JACK BUCHANAN ... Guy Pennell LOUISE CLOSSER HALE ... Cora Sabbot JASON ROBARDS ... Andrew Sabbot ZASU PITTS ... Harriet MARGARET FIELDING ... Brenda Kaley Rest of cast listed alphabetically: RUTH EDDINGS ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) GLORIA STRATTON ...Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
Directed by: CLARENCE G. BADGER ========= Writing Credits: COLE PORTER ... (based on the stage musical by) and MARTIN BROWN ... (based on the stage musical by) and E. RAY GOETZ ... (based on the stage musical by) HOPE LORING ... (scenario) HOPE LORING ... (titles) ========= Produced by: ROBERT NORTH... producer ========= Cinematography by: SOL POLITO ========= Film Editing by: EDWARD SCHROEDER ========= Costume Design by: EDWARD STEVENSON ... (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: LARRY CEBALLOS ... choreography |
Production Companies: First National Pictures ========= Distributors: Warner Bros. (as First National Pictures) (1929) [USA] Theatrical |
| 10 November 1929 [USA] 21 January 1931 [Finland] |
 TANNED LEGS (Comedy | Musical) [1 hour 11 minutes] Peggy and Bill are high society lovebirds, but their marriage plans are put on hold while Peggy spends most of her summer straightening out her wayward parents and her unlucky-in-love sister anet. Mama and Papa are set to rights fairly quickly, but Janet's the one with real problems. It seems she sent some compromising love letters to a worthless cad, and now the bounder wants to use the letters for blackmail. Peggy's friend Roger and his flapper sweetheart Tootie hatch an elaborate plan to retrieve the incriminating letters and salvage Janet's reputation. |
WITH YOU, WITH ME (1929) (uncredited) Music by Oscar Levant Lyrics by Sidney Clare Played during the opening credits Sung by June Clyde and Arthur Lake Reprised by Allen Kearns Reprised again by June Clyde at the benefit COME IN THE WATER, THE WATER IS FINE (1929) (uncredited) Music by Oscar Levant Lyrics by Sidney Clare Sung and Danced by June Clyde and chorus YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE (1929) (uncredited) Music by Oscar Levant Lyrics by Sidney Clare Sung and Danced by Ann Pennington and Allen Kearns Reprised by a chorus at the beach TANNED LEGS (1929) (uncredited) Music by Oscar Levant Lyrics by Sidney Clare Sung and Danced by Ann Pennington, June Clyde and chorus Reprised at the dance |
ARTHUR LAKE ... Bill JUNE CLYDE ... Peggy Reynolds DOROTHY REVIER ... Mrs. Lyons-King ANN PENNINGTON ... Tootie ALBERT GRAN ... Mr. Reynolds ALLEN KEARNS ... Roger Fleming SALLY BLANE ... Janet Reynolds EDMUND BURNS ... Clinton Darrow LINCOLN STEDMAN ... Pudgy NELLA WALKER ... Mrs. Sophie Reynolds JOHNNY JOHNSON ... Johnny Johnson JOHNNY JOHNSON'S ORCHESTRA ... Johnny Johnson's Orchestra Rest of cast listed alphabetically: LITA CHEVRET ... Dark Haired Beach Girl (uncredited) PEARL EATON ... Dancer (uncredited) KAY ENGLISH ... Dancer (uncredited) HELEN KAISER ... Dancer (uncredited) BERT MOORHOUSE ... Joe (uncredited) CLAIRE ROCHELLE ... Dancer (uncredited) POLLY ANN YOUNG ...Dancer (uncredited) |
Directed by: MARSHALL NEILAN (uncredited) ========= Writing Credits: TOM GERAGHTY ... (adaptation) LOUIS SARECKY ... (story) (uncredited) ========= Produced by: WILLIAM LeBARON ... producer LOUIS SARECKY ... associate producer MARSHALL NEILAN ... producer (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: LEO TOVER ... (photographed by) ========= Film Editing by: ARCHIE F. MARSHEK ... film editor ========= Art Direction by: MAX RÉE ========= Costume Design by: WALTER PLUNKETT ... (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: RAY McCAREY ... assistant director (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: JOHN TRIBBY ... recordist ========= Music Department: SIDNEY CLARE ... music and lyrics by OSCAR LEVANT ... music and lyrics by ========= Additional Crew: PEARL EATON ... dance director (uncredited) |
Production Companies: RKO Radio Pictures (presents: The Musical Play) (A Marshall Neilan Production) (as RKO Productions, Inc.) ========= Distributors: RKO Radio Pictures (as RKO Distributing Corp'n.) (1929) [USA] Theatrical Ideal (as Ideal Films Ltd.) (1929) [UK] Theatrical C&C Television Corporation (1955) [USA] TV |
| 13 November 1929 [USA] |
SONG OF LOVE (Musical) [1 hour 22 minutes] Although forgotten today, Broadway chanteuse Belle Baker was important enough for Columbia Pictures to herald her much anticipated screen debut as "An event as important as the coming of sound," The frumpish Miss Baker slimmed down a bit for the occasion and was filmed as glamorously as possible by the little studio's ace cameraman Joseph Walker. A typical backstage melodrama, The Song of Love presented Baker and Ralph Graves as a married vaudeville act. She, however, retires to raise their son (David Durand and Graves falls prey to a predatory vamp (Eunice Quedens). Baker, meanwhile, scores with a hit song and little David works overtime to reunite his parents. Although the plot was as creaky as they came, The Song of Love was saved by Baker's contralto voice in such numbers as Bernie Grossman's torchy I'll Still Go On Wanting You and the bouncy I'm Walking With the Moonbeams (Talking to the Stars) by Mack Gordon, Max Rich and Maurice Abrahams. Aside from its leading lady, The Song of Love also proved the screen debut of Miss Quedens, who is better remembered today as the quick-witted Eve Arden, and marked the Columbia debut of sound-technician and future Three Stooges director Edward Bernds. |
I'LL STILL GO ON WANTING YOU (uncredited) Written by Bernie Grossman, Mickey Kippel, Arthur Sizemore and Maurice Alexander Sung by Belle Baker I'M WALKING WITH THE MOONBEAMS (TALKING TO THE STARS) (uncredited) Written by Mack Gordon, Max Rich and Maurice Abrahams Sung by Belle Baker I'M SOMEBODY'S BABY NOW (uncredited) Written by Bernie Grossman, Mickey Kippel, Arthur Sizemore and Maurice Alexander Sung by Belle Baker ATLAS IS ITLESS (uncredited) Written by Lew Brown Sung by Belle Baker TAKE EVERYTHING BUT YOU (uncredited) Written by Maurice Abrahams Sung by Belle Baker WHITE WAY BLUES (uncredited) Written by Mack Gordon, Max Rich and George D. Weist Sung by Belle Baker |
BELLE BAKER ... Anna Gibson RALPH GRAVES ... Tom Gibson DAVID DURAND ... Buddy Gibson EUNICE QUEDENS ... Maisie LeRoy ARTHUR HOUSMAN ... Joe Sweeney, Acrobat CHARLES WILSON ... Traveling Salesman Rest of cast listed alphabetically: MAURICE BLACK ... Tony Giuseppe (uncredited) DANNIE MAC GRANT ... Little Boy (uncredited) DOUGLAS GREER ... Freckle-Faced Boy (uncredited) WILLIAM IRVING ... Stage Manager (uncredited) EDDIE KANE ... Max Goldman (uncredited) KANE RICHMOND ... Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
Directed by: ERLE C. KENTON ========= Writing Credits: HOWARD J. GREEN ... (story) and DOROTHY HOWELL ... (story) and HENRY McCARTY ... (story) HOWARD J. GREEN ... (scenario) and DOROTHY HOWELL ... (scenario) and HENRY McCARTY ... (scenario) NORMAN HOUSTON ... (dialogue) and DOROTHY HOWELL ... (dialogue) ========= Produced by: EDWARD SMALL ... producer ========= Cinematography by: JOSEPH WALKER ========= Film Editing by: GENE HAVLICK ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: SAM NELSON ... assistant director ========= Sound Department: E.L. BERNDS ... sound mixing engineer HARRY BLANCHARD ... sound mixing engineer JOHN P. LIVADARY ... chief sound engineer |
Production Companies: Edward Small Productions ========= Distributors: Columbia Pictures (1929) [USA] Theatrical Woolf & Freedman Film Service (1930) [UK] Theatrical |
| 19 November 1929 {premiere} [New York City, New York, USA] 19 January 1930 {premiere} [Los Angeles, California, USA] 28 February 1930 [France] 18 March 1930 [Argentina] 3 April 1930 [Denmark] 14 August 1930 [Mexico] 14 September 1930 [Finland] 5 November 1930 [Portugal] 1930 [Austria] 1930 [Germany] 24 April 2004 [Hong Kong International Film Festival] |
 THE LOVE PARADE (Comedy | Musical | Romance) [1 hour 47 minutes] The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying. |
OOH, LA LA (1929) (uncredited) Music by Victor Schertzinger Lyrics by Clifford Grey Sung by Lupino Lane PARIS, STAY THE SAME (1929) (uncredited) Music by Victor Schertzinger Lyrics by Clifford Grey Sung by Maurice Chevalier and Lupino Lane DREAM LOVER (1929) (uncredited) Music by Victor Schertzinger Lyrics by Clifford Grey Sung by Jeanette MacDonald and Chorus Reprized by her after Alfred leaves Paris ANYTHING TO PLEASE THE QUEEN (1929) (uncredited) Music by Victor Schertzinger Lyrics by Clifford Grey Sung by Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier MY LOVE PARADE (1929) (uncredited) Music by Victor Schertzinger Lyrics by Clifford Grey Sung by Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald LET'S BE COMMON (1929) (uncredited) Music by Victor Schertzinger Lyrics by Clifford Grey Sung by Lupino Lane and Lillian Roth MARCH OF THE GRENADIERS (1929) (uncredited) Music by Victor Schertzinger Lyrics by Clifford Grey Sung by Jeanette MacDonald and chorus Reprized by Chorus later after Alfred threatens to leave for Paris NOBODY'S USING IT NOW (1929) (uncredited) Music by Victor Schertzinger Lyrics by Clifford Grey Sung by Maurice Chevalier THE QUEEN IS ALWAYS RIGHT (1929) (uncredited) Music by Victor Schertzinger Lyrics by Clifford Grey Sung by Lupino Lane, Lillian Roth and Chorus WEDDING MARCH (1843) (uncredited) Written by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Played by a band outside the palace Also played on an organ in the palace |
MAURICE CHEVALIER ... Count Alfred Renard JEANETTE MacDONALD ... Queen Louise LUPINO LANE ... Jacques LILLIAN ROTH ... Lulu EUGENE PALLETTE ... War Minister E.H. CALVERT ... Sylvanian Ambassador EDGAR NORTON ... Master of Ceremonies LIONEL BELMORE ... Prime Minister RUSS POWELL ... Afghan Ambassador CARLTON STOCKDALE ... The Admiral ALBERT ROCCARDI ... The Foreign Minister ANTON VAVERKA ... Cabinet Minister ALBERT DE WINTON ... Cabinet Minister WILLIAM VON HARDENBURG ... Cabinet Minister MARGARET FEALY ... Lady-in-Waiting VIRGINIA BRUCE ... Lady-in-Waiting JOSEPHINE HALL ... Lady-in-Waiting ROSALIND CHARLES ... Lady-in-Waiting HELENE FRIEND ... Lady-in-Waiting Rest of cast listed alphabetically: JUNE BUPP ... Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) ANDRÉ CHERON ... Paulette's Husband (uncredited) YOLA D'AVRIL ... Paulette (uncredited) ADOLPH FAYLAUER ... Cabinet Minister (uncredited) EDWARD GAZELLE ... (uncredited) WINTER HALL ... Priest (uncredited) JEAN HARLOW ... Woman in Opera Box (uncredited) PERRY IVINS ... Radio Announcer (uncredited) MURDOCK MacQUARRIE ... First Radio Announcer (uncredited) MANUEL PARÍS ... Cabinet Minister (uncredited) BEN TURPIN ... Cross-Eyed Lackey (uncredited) |
Directed by: ERNST LUBITSCH ========= Writing Credits: ERNEST VAJDA ... (by) and GUY BOLTON ... (by) LEON XANROF ... (from the play: "The Prince Consort") and JULES CHANCEL ... (from the play: "The Prince Consort") ========= Music by: W. FRANKE HARLING ... (uncredited) JOHN LEIPOLD ... (uncredited) OSCAR POTOKER ... (uncredited) MAX TERR ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: VICTOR MILNER ... (photographed by) ========= Film Editing by: MERRILL G. WHITE ... (uncredited) ========= Casting by: FRED A. DATIG ... (uncredited) ========= Art Direction by: HANS DREIER ... (uncredited) ========= Costume Design by: TRAVIS BANTON ... (uncredited) ========= Production Management: B.P. SCHULBERG ... general manager: West Coast Productions ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: GEORGE HIPPARD ... assistant director (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: FRANKLIN HANSEN ... sound (uncredited) ========= Camera and Electrical Department: LUCIEN BALLARD ... camera operator (uncredited) OSMOND BORRADAILE ... camera operator (uncredited) LOYAL GRIGGS ... camera operator (uncredited) WILLIAM C. MELLOR ... camera operator (uncredited) ========= Casting Department: DICK STOCKTON ... casting assistant (uncredited) ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: EUGENE JOSEFF ... costume jeweller (uncredited) ========= Music Department: CLIFFORD GREY ... lyrics by VICTOR SCHERTZINGER ... music by ========= Additional Crew: JESSE L. LASKY ... presenter ADOLPH ZUKOR ... presenter PERRY IVINS ... dialogue director (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures (an Ernst Lubitsch Production) (as Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation) ========= Distributors: Paramount Pictures (A Paramount Picture) (1929) [USA] Theatrical MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) [USA] TV Universal Pay Television (An MCA Company) [USA] TV |
| 21 November 1929 [New York City, New York, USA] 29 December 1929 [USA] 29 September 1930 [UK] 31 October 1930 [Denmark] 13 November 1930 [Hungary] 29 November 1930 [Sweden] 9 January 1931 [Ireland] 3 April 1931 [France] 22 December 1931 [Portugal] |
 SHOW OF SHOWS (Musical) [2 hour 8 minutes] It's 1929. The studio gave the cinema its voice and offered the audiences a chance to see their favorite actors and actresses from the silent screen era. For the first time, they can be heard in a gaudy, grandiose music comedy revue. But also appearing are actors and actresses from the first 'talkies', stars from Broadway, and, of course, the German shepherd Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay is the host of the more than 70 well-known stars who show various acts. |
MILITARY MARCH (uncredited) Music by Edward Ward Performed by the marching cadets SEMPER FIDELIS (uncredited) Music by John Philip Sousa Performed when the marching cadets with drums arrive onstage WHAT'S BECOME OF THE FLORADORA BOYS? (uncredited) Written by Ray Perkins Performed by Ben Turpin, Lee Moran, Lupino Lane, Heinie Conklin, Bert Roach and Lloyd Hamilton, along with Marian Nixon, Sally O'Neil, Alice Day, Lila Lee, Myrna Loy, and Patsy Ruth Miller PIRATE BAND (uncredited) Music by M.K. Jerome Lyrics by J. Keirn Brennan Performed by Ted Lewis and others LADY LUCK (1929) (uncredited) Written by Ray Perkins Performed by Ted Lewis in the pirate scene Also performed by Nick Lucas Reprised in the finale IF I COULD LEARN TO LOVE (1929) (uncredited) Music by M.K. Jerome Lyrics by Herman Ruby Performed by Georges Carpentier, with Patsy Ruth Miller, Alice White, and ensemble DEAR LITTLE PUP (uncredited) Music by Ray Perkins Lyrics by J. Keirn Brennan Sung briefly by Frank Fay, but interrupted PING PONGO (1929) (uncredited) Music by Joseph A. Burke Lyrics by Al Dubin Sung by Winnie Lightner THE ONLY SONG I KNOW (1929) (uncredited) Music by Ray Perkins Lyrics by J. Keirn Brennan Sung by Nick Lucas, accompanying himself on guitar YOUR MOTHER AND MINE (1929) (uncredited) Music by Gus Edwards Lyrics by Joe Goodwin Performed by Beatrice Lillie, Frank Fay, Louise Fazenda and Lloyd Hamilton MY SISTER (1929) (uncredited) Music by Ray Perkins Lyrics by J. Keirn Brennan Performed by Alice Day and Marceline Day and chorus, with: Sally O'Neil and Molly O'Day (Irish sisters) Sally Blane and Loretta Young (French sisters) Dolores Costello and Helene Costello (Mexican sisters) Marion Byron and Ann Sothern (Italian sisters) Ada Mae Vaughn and Alberta Vaughn (English sisters) Viola Dana and Shirley Mason (Dutch sisters) SINGIN' IN THE BATHTUB (1929) (uncredited) Music by Michael Cleary Lyrics by Herb Magidson and Ned Washington Sung by Winnie Lightner Reprised in the finale YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME (1929) (uncredited) Music by Nacio Herb Brown Lyrics by Arthur Freed Sung by Bull Montana and Winnie Lightner JUST AN HOUR OF LOVE (1929) (uncredited) Music by Edward Ward Lyrics by Al Bryan Sung by Irène Bordoni, accompanied on piano by Harry Akst LI-PO-LI (1929) (uncredited) Music by Edward Ward Lyrics by Al Bryan Sung by Nick Lucas Danced by Myrna Loy and ensemble ROCK-A-BYE YOUR BABY WITH A DIXIE MELODY (1918) (uncredited) Music by Jean Schwartz Lyrics by Sam Lewis and Joe Young Sung by Sid Silvers A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN (uncredited) Music by Theodore A. Metz Played when the policeman writes the cyclist a ticket DAISY BELL (1893) (uncredited) aka "A Bicycle Built for Two" Written by Harry Dacre Performed by a vocal ensemble IF YOUR BEST FRIEND WON'T TELL YOU (1929) (uncredited) Music by Joseph A. Burke Lyrics by Al Dubin Sung by Sid Silvers and Frank Fay JUMPING JACK (1928) (uncredited) Music by Rube Bloom Played during the Black and White Dance YOUR LOVE IS ALL I CRAVE (uncredited) Music by James P. Johnson Lyrics by Perry Bradford and Al Dubin Sung by Frank Fay, accompanied on piano by Harry Akst |
FRANK FAY ... Master of Ceremonies WILLIAM COURTENAY ... The Minister - Guillotine Sequence H.B. WARNER ... The Victim - Guillotine Sequence HOBART BOSWORTH ... Executioner - Guillotine Sequence JOHN BARRYMORE ... Richard III in 'Henry VI Part III' Rest of cast listed alphabetically: HARRY AKST ... Pianist Accompanying Irene Bordoni MIMI VENDRELL ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number JOHNNY ARTHUR ... Hero - Performer in 'The Pirate' MARY ASTOR ... Performer in 'The Pirate' Number WILLIAM BAKEWELL ... Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number RICHARD BARTHELMESS ... 'Meet My Sister' Presenter NOAH BEERY ... Performer in "The Pirate" Number / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution") SALLY BLANE ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number MONTE BLUE ... Condemned Man (segment "Rifle Execution") IRÈNE BORDONI ... Performer in 'Just for One Hour of Love' Number JOE BURKE ... Joe Burke MARION BYRON ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number GEORGES CARPENTIER ... Boulevardier in 'If I Could Learn to Love' Number ETHLYNE CLAIR ... Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number JIMMY CLEMONS ... Performer RUTH CLIFFORD ... Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number WILLIAM COLLIER Jr. ... Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number BETTY COMPSON ... Performer in 'The Pirate Number' & 'Lady Luck' Numbers CHESTER CONKLIN ... Traffic Cop in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number HEINIE CONKLIN ... Ice Man in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number DOLORES COSTELLO ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number HELENE COSTELLO ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number JACK CURTIS ... Performer in 'The Pirate' Number VIOLA DANA ... Performer in 'The Pirate,' 'Meet My Sister' & 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Numbers ALICE DAY ... Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers MARCELINE DAY ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number SALLY EILERS ... Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS Jr. ... Ambrose in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number LOUISE FAZENDA ... 'Recitations' Sketch PAULINE GARON ... Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number ALBERT GRAN ... Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution") ALEXANDER GRAY ... Performer in 'Lady Luck' Number LLOYD HAMILTON ... Hansom Cabby in "What Became of the Floradora Boys" number" / (segment "Recitations") / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution") JULANNE JOHNSTON ... Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number SOJIN ... Performer in '$20 Bet' Sketch LUPINO LANE ... Street Cleaner in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number / 'Tramp' Ballet FRANCES LEE ... Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number LILA LEE ... Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number TED LEWIS ... Performer in 'The Pirate' Number WINNIE LIGHTNER ... Performer in 'Pingo Pongo' & 'Singing in the Bathtub' Numbers BEATRICE LILLIE ... Performer in 'Recitations' Number JACQUELINE LOGAN ... Performer in 'The Pirate' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers MYRNA LOY ... Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers NICK LUCAS ... Lady Luck Solo for 'The Only Song I Know' & 'Chinese Fantasy' Numbers TULLY MARSHALL ... Performer in "The Pirate" / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution") SHIRLEY MASON ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Numbers OTTO MATIESON ... Performer in 'The Pirate' Number PHILO McCULLOUGH ... Performer in 'The Pirate' Number PATSY RUTH MILLER ... Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'If I Could Learn to Love' Numbers BULL MONTANA ... Performer in 'The Pirate' Number LEE MORAN ... Plumber in "What Became of the Floradora Boys" Number / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution" CHESTER MORRIS ... Performer in $20 Bet Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers JACK MULHALL ... Performer in '$20 Bet' Sketch and 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number EDNA MURPHY ... Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number CARMEL MYERS ... Performer in 'Ladies of the Ensemble' Number MARIAN NIXON ... Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number MOLLY O'DAY ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number SALLY O'NEIL ... Performer in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' & 'Meet My Sister' Numbers GERTRUDE OLMSTEAD ... Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number KALLA PASHA ... Performer in "The Pirate" Number / Soldier (segment "Rifle Execution") ANDERS RANDOLF ... Performer in 'The Pirate' Number RIN TIN TIN ... Rin-Tin-Tin - Introducing 'An Oriental Fantasy' Number (as Rin-Tin-Tin) BERT ROACH ... Father of Twins in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number SID SILVERS ... Al Jolson Impersonator / Introducing Larry Ceballos Black and White Girls Number HARRIET BYRON ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers BEN TURPIN ... Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number ADA MAE VAUGHN ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number ALBERTA VAUGHN ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number LOLA VENDRELL ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number EDDIE WARD ALICE WHITE ... Performer in 'If I Could Learn to Love' Number TED WILLIAMS ADAGIO DANCERS ... Dancer LOIS WILSON ... Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two' Number GRANT WITHERS ... Performer in 'Bicycle Built for Two Number LORETTA YOUNG ... Performer in 'Meet My Sister' Number JOHN AASEN ... Junior (uncredited) ANTHONY BUSHELL ... Performer in 'Henry VI' Sequence (uncredited) MICHAEL CLEARY ... Performer (uncredited) JACK HASKELL ... Performer (uncredited) M.K. JEROME ... Performer (uncredited) LOLA ... Dancer (uncredited) MARCELLE ... Dancer (uncredited) WHEELER OAKMAN ... Performer in 'The Pirate' Number (uncredited) RAY PERKINS ... Performer (uncredited) E.J. RATCLIFFE ... Performer in 'Henri VI' Sequence (uncredited) REGINALD SHARLAND ... (uncredited) DAVE SILVERMAN ... (uncredited) NORMAN SPENCER ... (uncredited) LESTER STEVENS ... (uncredited) DOROTHY COONAN WELLMAN ... (uncredited) |
Directed by: JOHN G. ADOLFI ========= Writing Credits: J. KEIRN BRENNAN ... (writer) FRANK FAY ... (writer) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ... (Richard III sequence) (uncredited) ========= Produced by: DARRYL F. ZANUCK ... producer HARRY M. WARNER ... producer (uncredited) JACK L. WARNER ... producer (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: BARNEY McGILL ... (photographed by) ========= Costume Design by: EARL LUICK ... (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: HARVEY CUNNINGHAM ... sound engineer ========= Camera and Electrical Department: PAUL IVANO ... director of photography: second unit (uncredited) ========= Music Department: LOUIS SILVERS ... conductor: Vitaphone Orchestra ========= Additional Crew: LARRY CEBALLOS ... dance director JACK HASKELL ... dance director |
Production Companies: Warner Bros. (present) (as The Vitaphone Corporation) ========= Distributors: Warner Bros. (1929) [USA] Theatrical Associated Artists Productions (AAP) (1956) [USA] TV - B&W Warner Home Video (as Warner Archive Collection) (2006) [USA] DVD |
| 24 November 1929 {premiere} [USA] 1 December 1929 [USA] 10 October 1930 [Sweden] |
 THE VAGABOND LOVER (Comedy | Musical) [1 hour 5 minutes] A zany musical about an amateur musician in search of work who impersonates a big band leader. |
I LOVE YOU, BELIEVE ME, I LOVE YOU (1929) (uncredited) Music by Rubey Cowan and Phil Boutelje Lyrics by Philip Bartholomae Played by The Connecticut Yankees Sung by Rudy Vallee I'M JUST A VAGABOND LOVER (1929) (uncredited) Written by Rudy Vallee and Leon Zimmerman Sung by Rudy Vallee during the credits Also performed by the dance troupe at the benefit NOBODY'S SWEETHEART (1929) (uncredited) Music by Billy Meyers and Elmer Schoebel Lyrics by Gus Kahn and Ernie Erdman Performed by The Connecticut Yankees GEORGIE PORGIE PUDDING AND PIE (uncredited) Traditional Sung by a quartet of young orphans at the benefit IF YOU WERE THE ONLY GIRL IN THE WORLD (1929) (uncredited) Music by Nat Ayer Lyrics by Clifford Grey Played by The Connecticut Yankees Sung by Rudy Vallee THEN I'LL BE REMINDED OF YOU (1929) (uncredited) Music by Ken Smith Lyrics by Edward Heyman Performed by The Connecticut Yankees Sung by Rudy Vallee A LITTLE KISS EACH MORNING (A LITTLE KISS EACH NIGHT) (1929) (uncredited) Written by Harry M. Woods Performed by The Connecticut Yankees Sung by Rudy Vallee SWEETHEART, WE NEED EACH OTHER (1929) (uncredited) Music by Harry Tierney Performed by the dance troupe at the benefit |
RUDY VALLEE ... Rudy Bronson SALLY BLANE ... Jean Whitehall MARIE DRESSLER ... Ethel Bertha Whitehall CHARLES SELLON ... Chief of Police George C. Tuttle NELLA WALKER ... Mrs. Whittington Todhunter EDDIE NUGENT ... Sport DANNY O'SHEA ... Sam ALAN ROSCOE ... Jay Stein - Grant's Manager THE CONNECTICUT YANKEES ... Musical Ensemble Rest of cast listed alphabetically: SYMONA BONIFACE ... Musicale Guest (uncredited) PATTI BRILL ... Orphan (uncredited) DOROTHY GRAY ... Orphan (uncredited) SHERRY HALL ... NBC Radio Announcer (uncredited) GLADDEN JAMES ... Stevens - Reporter (uncredited) NORMAN PECK ... Swiftie (uncredited) DOROTHY VERNON ... Mrs. Whitehall's Maid (uncredited) MALCOLM WAITE ... Ted Grant (uncredited) |
Directed by: MARSHALL NEILAN ========= Writing Credits: JAMES ASHMORE CREELMAN ... (by) ========= Produced by: WILLIAM LeBARON ... producer LOUIS SARECKY ... associate producer ========= Cinematography by: LEO TOVER ... (photographed by) ========= Film Editing by: ARTHUR ROBERTS ... film editor ========= Art Direction by: MAX RÉE ========= Costume Design by: WALTER PLUNKETT ... (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: WALLACE FOX ... assistant director (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: JOHN TRIBBY ... recordist ========= Music Department: VICTOR BARAVALLE... musical director (uncredited) |
Production Companies: RKO Radio Pictures (presents) (as RKO Productions, Inc.) ========= Distributors: RKO Radio Pictures (as A Radio Picture) (1929) [USA] Theatrical Ideal (as Ideal Films Ltd.) (1929) [UK] Theatrical C&C Television Corporation (1955) [USA] TV - syndication Reel Media International (2004) [WORLD-WIDE] VHS - unauthorized The Roan Group (2005) [USA] DVD Reel Media International (2007) [WORLD-WIDE] All Media - unauthorized |
| 30 November 1929 [USA] 22 March 1930 [Sweden] March 1930 [Japan] 31 October 1930 [Ireland] 28 December 1930 [Finland] 1 June 1931 [Portugal] |
THE BATTLE OF PARIS (Musical) [1 hour 20 minutes] The great British stage star Gertrude Lawrence was seldom seen to her best advantage in films. In Paramount's Battle of Paris, Lawrence stars as Georgie, a British singer stranded in not-so-gay Paree during WWI. To keep food on the table, Georgie teams up with amiable pickpocket Zizi (Charlie Ruggles). Among the pockets picked are those of handsome artist Tony (Walter Petrie), with whom Georgie falls in love. Hired as Tony's model, our heroine soon becomes the "poster girl" for the French and British armies, which somehow leads to a barrage of musical numbers by Cole Porter (his first direct-to-screen score). Gertrude Lawrence tries hard, but is defeated by a so-so script and surprisingly tepid music. |
WHEN I AM HOUSEKEEPING FOR YOU Words by Howard Dietz (as Dick Howard) Music by Jay Gorney Copyright 1929 by Spier and Coslow Inc HERE COMES THE BANDWAGON Words and Music by Cole Porter Copyright 1929 by Harms Inc. WHAT MAKES MY BABY BLUE Words by Howard Dietz (as Dick Howard) Music by Jay Gorney Copyright 1929 by Spier and Coslow Inc THEY ALL FALL IN LOVE Words and Music by Cole Porter Copyright 1929 by Harms Inc. Sung by Gertrude Lawrence |
GERTRUDE LAWRENCE ... Georgie CHARLES RUGGLES ... Zizi WALTER PETRIE ... Tony Trent GLADYS DuBOIS ... Suzanne ARTHUR TREACHER ... Harry JOE KING ... Jack Rest of cast listed alphabetically: LUIS ALBERNI ... Waiter (uncredited) |
Directed by: ROBERT FLOREY ========= Writing Credits: GENE MARKEY ... (story & dialogue) ========= Produced by MONTA BELL ... producer ========= Cinematography by GEORGE J. FOLSEY |
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures ========= Distributors: Paramount Pictures (1929) [USA] Theatrical MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) [USA] TV |
| 7 December 1929 [USA] 13 January 1930 [Denmark] 9 February 1931 [Finland] 20 July 1931 [Portugal] |
 GLORIFYING THE AMERICAN GIRL (Comedy | Drama | Musical) [1 hour 35 minutes] The rise of a showgirl, Gloria Hughes, culminating in a Ziegfeld extravaganza "Glorifying the American Girl". |
WHAT WOULDN'T I DO FOR THAT MAN? (1929) (uncredited) Music by Jay Gorney Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg Sung by Helen Morgan THERE MUST BE SOMEBODY WAITING FOR ME (1929) (uncredited) Written by Walter Donaldson Copyright 1929 by Donaldson, Douglas & Gumble Performed by Mary Eaton and the Ziegfeld chorus girls NO FOOLIN' (1926) (uncredited) Music by James F. Hanley Lyrics by Gene Buck Sung by a chorus in the opening montage, Mary Eaton I'M JUST A VAGABOND LOVER (1929) (uncredited) Written by Rudy Vallee and Leon Zimmerman Performed by Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees SIDE BY SIDE (1927) (uncredited) Written by Harry M. Woods Played by the band at the picnic BLUE SKIES (1926) (uncredited) Written by Irving Berlin Played by the band during the acrobat act at the picnic TULIP TIME (1919) (uncredited) Music by Dave Stamper Lyrics by Gene Buck Sung by a chorus in the opening montage SALLY WON'T YOU COME BACK? (1921) (uncredited) Music by Dave Stamper Lyrics by Gene Buck Sung by an unidentified male in the opening montage A PRETTY GIRL IS LIKE A MELODY (1919) (uncredited) Written by Irving Berlin Sung by a chorus in the opening montage BABY FACE (1926) (uncredited) Music by Harry Akst Lyrics by Benny Davis Sung by Mary Eaton BYE BYE BLACKBIRD (1926) (uncredited) Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Mort Dixon Sung by picnic guests with modified lyrics ("Mr. Heimer") I'LL BE THERE (1929) (uncredited) Written by Larry Spier, J. Fred Coots and Lou Davis Sung by Mary Eaton while playing the ukelele in a canoe SPOONING WITH THE ONE YOU LOVE (uncredited) Composer unknown Performed by Dan Healy and Kaye Renard at the picnic SAM, THE OLD ACCORDION MAN (1927) (uncredited) Written by Walter Donaldson Danced to by Dan Healy and Mary Eaton at the picnic Reprised by them later onstage HOT FEET (1929) (uncredited) Music by Jimmy McHugh Lyrics by Dorothy Fields Performed by Dan Healy and Mary Eaton CHANGES (1927) (uncredited) Music by Walter Donaldson AT SUNDOWN (WHEN LOVE IS CALLING ME HOME) (1927) (uncredited) Music by Walter Donaldson DIE LORELEI (1837) (uncredited) Music by Friedrich Silcher THE FOUNTAIN OF THE ACQUA PAOLA (1915-16) (uncredited) Music by Charles Tomlinson Griffes NIGHTS OF GLADNESS (1912) (uncredited) Music by Charles Ancliffe DOLL DANCE (1926) (uncredited) Music by Nacio Herb Brown |
MARY EATON ... Gloria Hughes EDDIE CANTOR ... Eddie Cantor - Appearance in Revue Scenes HELEN MORGAN ... Helen Morgan - Appearance in Revue Scenes RUDY VALLEE ... Rudy Vallee - Appearance in Revue Scenes DAN HEALY ... 'Miller' KAYE RENARD ... 'Mooney' EDWARD CRANDALL ... Buddy GLORIA SHEA (as OLIVE SHEA) ... Barbara SARAH EDWARDS ... Mrs. Hughes SINGING AND DANCING CHORUS OF SEVENTY-FIVE GLORIFIED BEAUTIES ... Chorus Members Rest of cast listed alphabetically: NOAH BEERY ... Noah Beery (uncredited) IRVING BERLIN ... Irving Berlin (uncredited) NORMAN BROKENSHIRE ... Norman Brookshire - Radio Announcer (uncredited) BILLIE BURKE ... Billie Burke (uncredited) DESHA DELTEIL ... Dancer in Bubble Dance Sequence (uncredited) CHARLES B. DILLINGHAM ... Charles Dillingham (uncredited) TEXAS GUINAN ... Texas Guinan (uncredited) OTTO KAHN ... Otto Kahn (uncredited) NANCY KELLY ... Child (uncredited) RING LARDNER ... Ring Lardner (uncredited) BULL MONTANA ... Customer Requesting 'Baby Face' (uncredited) TONY SANSONE ... Harkrider's Finale Revue (uncredited) LOUIS SORIN ... Tailor's Assistant (uncredited) JIMMY WALKER ... NYC Mayor Jimmy Walker (uncredited) JOHNNY WEISSMULLER ... Adonis - Segment 'Loveland' (uncredited) FLORENZ ZIEGFELD Jr. ... Florenz Ziegfeld (uncredited) ADOLPH ZUKOR ... Adolph Zukor (uncredited) |
Directed by: MILLARD WEBB ========= Writing Credits: J.P. McEVOY ... (from the story by) and MILLARD WEBB ... (from the story by) ========= Produced by: MONTA BELL ... producer ========= Cinematography by: GEORGE J. FOLSEY ... (photographed by) ========= Costume Design by: JOHN W. HARKRIDER ... (uncredited) ========= Art Department: JOHN W. HARKRIDER ... designer: revue finales ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: EUGENE JOSEFF ... costume jeweller (uncredited) ========= Music Department: IRVING BERLIN ... music and lyrics by WALTER DONALDSON ... music and lyrics by LARRY SPIER ... music and lyrics by DAVE STAMPER ... music and lyrics by FRANK TOURS ... musical director (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: JOHN W. HARKRIDER ... stager: revue finales JESSE L. LASKY ... presenter TED SHAWN ... ballet ensembles FLORENZ ZIEGFELD ... under the personal supervision of ADOLPH ZUKOR ... presenter / president: Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation |
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures (A Paramount Picture) ========= Distributors: Paramount Pictures (1929) [USA] Theatrical MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) [USA] TV Film Detective (2015) [USA] DVD Reel Media International (2016) [WORLD-WIDE] All Media Raymond Rohauer (presents) (as Raymond Rohauer Archive) [USA] TV Mill Creek Entertainment [USA] DVD |
| 21 December 1929 [USA] |
 POINTED HEELS (Comedy | Musical) [1 hour 1 minute] Big-name musical performers experience everyday problems and disappointments during their offstage hours. |
POINTED HEELS BALLET Music by Dimitri Tiomkin Copyright 1929 by Spier & Coslow Inc. I HAVE TO HAVE YOU Lyric by Leo Robin Music by Richard A. Whiting Copyright 1929 by Spier & Coslow Inc. AIN'TCHA? Words and Music by Mack Gordon and Max Rich Copyright 1929 by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, Inc. |
WILLIAM POWELL ... Robert Courtland HELEN KANE ... Dorothea 'Dot' Nixon FAY WRAY ... Lora Nixon RICHARD 'SKEET' GALLAGHER ... Dash Nixon PHILLIPS HOLMES ... Donald Ogden EUGENE PALLETTE ... Joe Carrington ADRIENNE DORE (as ADRIENNE DORÉ) ... Kay Wilcox Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ALBERTINA RASCH DANCERS ... Dancers (uncredited) VIRGINIA BRUCE ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
Directed by: A. EDWARD SUTHERLAND ========= Writing Credits: CHARLES BRACKETT ... (short story) FLORENCE RYERSON ... (screenplay) and JOHN V.A. WEAVER ... (screenplay) ========= Cinematography by: ALLEN SIEGLER REX WIMPY ... (uncredited) ========= Film Editing by: JANE LORING ... (uncredited) ========= Costume Design by: TRAVIS BANTON ... (uncredited) ========= Production Management: B.P. SCHULBERG ... general manager: West Coast Productions ========= Camera and Electrical Department: OTTO DYAR ... still photographer (uncredited) ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: EUGENE JOSSEF ... costume jeweller (uncredited) ========= Music Department: W. FRANKE HARLING ... composer: title music (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: JESSE L. LASKY ... presenter ADOLPH ZUKOR ... presenter |
Production Companies: Paramount Pictures ========= Distributors: Paramount Pictures (1929) [USA] Theatrical MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) [USA] TV |
| 22 December 1929 [USA] |
 HOT FOR PARIS (Comedy | Musical) [1 hour 11 minutes] In this romance, a none-too-bright sailor (Victor McLaglen) takes a trip to Paris, not realizing he had just won the multi-million dollar prize in a horse lottery. The lotto officials send an agent (Ed Brendel) to find the young sailor and deliver his prize, but he runs away believing he was merely eluding a detective. Despite his constant attempts to escape what he believes to be the law, he does manage to fall in love with a beautiful woman named Polly (Polly Moran). Eventually the agent catches up to him and all is well. Songs include: "Sweet Nothings Of Love," "Look Into My Eyes, Baby," "If You Want To See Paree," and the comedy tune "I'm the Duke of Kakiyak." |
DUKE OF KA-KI-AK Music by Walter Donaldson Lyrics by Edgar Leslie Sung by Victor McLaglen SWEET NOTHINGS OF LOVE Music by Walter Donaldson Lyrics by Edgar Leslie Sung by Fifi D'Orsay IF YOU WANT TO SEE PAREE Music by Walter Donaldson Lyrics by Edgar Leslie Sung by Fifi D'Orsay SING YOUR LITTLE FOLK SONG Music by Walter Donaldson Lyrics by Edgar Leslie Sung by Fifi D'Orsay CUCKOO SONG Music by Walter Donaldson Lyrics by Edgar Leslie Sung by El Brendel |
VICTOR McLAGLEN ... John Patrick Duke FIFI D'ORSAY ... Fifi Dupre EL BRENDEL ... Axel Olson POLLY MORAN ... Polly LENNOX PAWLE ... Mr. Pratt AUGUST TOLLAIRE ... Papa Gouset GEORGE FAWCETT ... Chop Captain CHARLES JUDELS ... Charlott Gouset EDDIE DILLON ... Ship's Cook ROSITA MARSTINI ... Fifi's Mother AGOSTINO BORGATO ... Fifi's Father YOLA D'AVRIL ... Yola Dupre ANITA MURRAY ... Mimi DAVE BALLES ... Monsieur Furrier |
Directed by: RAOUL WALSH ========= Writing Credits: CHARLES J. McGUIRK ... (adaptation) CHARLES J. McGUIRK ... (continuity) RAOUL WALSH ... (story) WILLIAM K. WELLS ... (dialogue) ========= Cinematography by: CHARLES VAN ENGER ========= Film Editing by: JACK DENNIS ========= Costume Design by: SOPHIE WACHNER ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: ARCHIBALD BUCHANAN ... assistant director ========= Art Department: BEN CARRÉ ... settings DAVID HALL ... settings DON B. GREENWOOD ... property master (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: GEORGE LEVERETT ... sound ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: SAM BENSON ... wardrobe (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: WILLIAM FOX ... presenter |
Production Companies: Fox Film Corporation ========= Distributors: Fox Film Corporation (1929) [USA] Theatrical |
| 23 December 1929 {premiere} [New York City, New York, USA] 12 January 1930 [USA] 5 May 1930 [Argentina] 1 September 1930 [Denmark] 1930 [Germany] 23 January 1931 [Netherlands] |
 SALLY (Musical) [1 hour 43 minutes] Sally was an orphan who got her name from the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing and has been practicing since. Working as a waitress, she goes from job to job until she finds a job that also allows her to dance. At the restaurant, she meets Blair, and they both fall for each other, but Blair is engaged to Marcia. Sally is hired to impersonate a famous Russian dancer named Noskerova, but at that engagement, she is found to be a phony and that Blair is engaged. Undaunted, she proceeds with her life and has her show on Broadway, but she still thinks of Blair. |
SALLY (1920) (uncredited) Music by Jerome Kern Lyrics by Clifford Grey Played during the opening credits and often in the score Sung by Alexander Gray and Chorus Danced by Marilyn Miller and Joe E. Brown Danced by Miller and Albertina Rasch Ballet at the follies LOOK FOR THE SILVER LINING (1920) (uncredited) Music by Jerome Kern Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva Played during the opening credits Performed by Marilyn Miller and Alexander Gray Sung and danced by Miller and Joe E. Brown IF I'M DREAMING (DON'T WAKE ME TOO SOON) (1929) (uncredited) Music by Joseph Burke Lyrics by Al Dubin Performed by Marilyn Miller and Alexander Gray Reprised by them at the party ALL I WANT TO DO DO DO IS DANCE (1929) (uncredited) Music by Joseph Burke Lyrics by Al Dubin Performed by Marilyn Miller WILD ROSE (1920) (uncredited) Music by Jerome Kern Lyrics by Clifford Grey Sung by Alexander Gray and Chorus Danced by Marilyn Miller and Albertina Rasch Ballet at the follies AFTER BUSINESS HOURS (1929) (uncredited) Music by Joseph Burke Lyrics by Al Dubin WALKING OFF THOSE BALKAN BLUES (1929) (uncredited) Music by Joseph Burke Lyrics by Al Dubin WHAT WILL I DO WITHOUT YOU (1929) (uncredited) Music by Joseph Burke Lyrics by Al Dubin WEDDING MARCH from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1843) (uncredited) Written by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Played after the wedding |
MARILYN MILLER ... Sally ALEXANDER GRAY ... Blair Farell JOE E. BROWN ... Grand Duke Connie T. ROY BARNES ... Otis Hooper PERT KELTON ... Rosie FORD STERLING ... 'Pops' Shendorff MAUDE TURNER GORDON ... Mrs. Ten Brock E.J. RATCLIFFE ... John Farell JACK DUFFY ... Roue ETHEL STONE ... Lutie NORA LANE ... Marcia Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ADRIENNE AMES ... Undetermined Role (uncredited) RUTH EDDINGS ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) ANITA GARVIN ... Party Guest (uncredited) HARRY HOLDEN ... Cafe Customer (uncredited) |
Directed by: JOHN FRANCIS DILLON ========= Writing Credits: GUY BOLTON ... (author of Ziegfeld's musical comedy) WALDEMAR YOUNG ... (screen version) P.G. WODEHOUSE ... (play) (uncredited) ANDREW PERCIVAL YOUNGER ... (scenario) (uncredited) ========= Music by: LEONID S. LEONARDI ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: DEV JENNINNGS ... (photography) C. EDGAR SCHOENBAUM ... (photography) ========= Film Editing by: LEROY STONE ... (uncredited) ========= Art Direction by: JACK OKEY ... (uncredited) ========= Costume Design by: EDWARD STEVENSON ... (uncredited) ========= Music Department: LEO F. FORBSTEIN ... conductor: Vitaphone Orchestra JEROME KERN ... composer: Ziegfeld's musical comedy LEONID S. LEONARDI ... composer: music cues (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: ALBERTINA RASCH BALLET ... ballet numbers LARRY CEBALLOS ... stage ensembles FLORENZ ZIEGFELD ... producer: musical comedy |
Production Companies: First National Pictures (present) (A First National-Vitaphone all color Production) ========= Distributors: First National Pictures (1929) [USA] Theatrical Loet C. Barnstijn's Standaard Films (1931) [NETHERLANDS] Theatrical |
| 25 December 1929 [Los Angeles, California, USA] 2 February 1930 [USA] 29 September 1930 [Finland] 27 April 1931 [Portugal] |
 HIT THE DECK (Comedy | Musical | Romance) [1 hour 43 minutes] Looloo (Polly Walker), owner of a seaside coffee shop, falls in love with sailor Bilge Smith, who is on shore leave, but her sudden wealth sabotages the romance. |
KEEPING MY SELF FOR YOU Music by Vincent Youmans Lyrics by Sidney Clare Performed by Jack Oakie and Polly Walker AN ARMFUL OF YOU Music by Vincent Youmans Lyrics by Leo Robin and Clifford Grey Performed by Marguerita Padula and chorus HALLELUJAH Music by Vincent Youmans Lyrics by Leo Robin and Clifford Grey Performed by Marguerita Padula and chorus HARBOR OF MY HEART Music by Vincent Youmans Lyrics by Leo Robin and Clifford Grey Performed by Jack Oakie and chorus JOIN THE NAVY Music by Vincent Youmans Lyrics by Leo Robin and Clifford Grey Performed by Jack Oakie and chorus NOTHING COULD BE SWEETER Music by Vincent Youmans Lyrics by Leo Robin and Clifford Grey Performed by Jack Oakie and Polly Walker SOMETIMES I'M HAPPY Music by Vincent Youmans Lyrics by Irving Caesar Performed by Jack Oakie and Polly Walker |
JACK OAKIE ... Bilge Smith POLLY WALKER ... Looloo ROGER GRAY ... Mat FRANKER WOOD ... Bat HARRY SWEET ... Bunny MARGUERITA PADULA ... Lavinia JUNE CLYDE ... Toddy WALLACE MacDONALD ... Lieutenant Allen GEORGE OVEY ... Clarence ETHEL CLAYTON ... Mrs. Payne NATE SLOTT ... Dan ANDY CLARK ... Dinty DELL HENDERSON ... Admiral CHARLES SULLIVAN ... Lieutenant Jim Smith Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ROBERT LIVINGSTON ... Sailor / Chorus Member (uncredited) GRADY SUTTON ... Sailor (uncredited) IRENE THOMPSON ... Chorus Girl (uncredited) |
Directed by: LUTHER REED ========= Writing Credits: HUBERT OSBORNE ... (play) VINCENT YOUMANS ... (based on musical play by) HERBERT FIELDS ... (story) LUTHER REED ... (adaptation) ========= Produced by: WILLIAM LeBARON ... producer ========= Cinematography by: ROBERT KURRLE ========= Film Editing by: WILLIAM HAMILTON ========= Art Direction by: MAX RÉE ========= Costume Design by: MAX RÉE ========= Makeup Department: HARRY PRINGLE ... makeup artist (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: FREDERICK FLECK ... assistant director ========= Sound Department: HUGH McDOWELL ... sound recording engineer ========= Special Effects by: LLOYD KNECHTEL ... photographic effects ========= Camera and Electrical Department: WILLARD BARTH ... camera operator (uncredited) WILLIAM H. CLOTHIER ... assistant camera (uncredited) GENE DAVENPORT ... camera operator: Technicolor (uncredited) L. DE ANGELIS ... camera operator: Technicolor (uncredited) ROBERT DE GRASSE ... associate cameraman (uncredited) AL GREEN ... associate cameraman (uncredited) W. HOWARD GREENE ... supervising cameraman: Technicolor (uncredited) HARRY HALLENBERGER ... camera operator: Technicolor (uncredited) IRA HOKE ... associate cameraman (uncredited) GASTON LONGET ... still photographer (uncredited) JAMES B. SHACKELFORD ... associate cameraman (uncredited) E. FOX WALKER ... camera operator: Technicolor (uncredited) ========= Music Department: VICTOR BARAVALLE ... musical director MAX STEINER ... orchestrator (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: PEARL EATON... dance director |
Production Companies: RKO Radio Pictures (as Radio Pictures) ========= Distributors: RKO Radio Pictures (as Radio Pictures) (1930) [USA] Theatrical Ideal (as Ideal Films Ltd.) (1930) [UK] Theatrical ========= Other Companies: Max Factor (makeup) (uncredited) |
| 25 December 1929 [Newport, Rhode Island, USA] 23 August 1930 [Sweden] 1 September 1930 [Denmark] 7 October 1930 [Portugal] 30 August 1931 [Finland] 22 April 2010 [TCM Classic Film Festival, USA] |
 SUNNYSIDE UP (Comedy | Musical) [2 hours 1 minute] Molly and Bee, sweet young 'working girls,' live in a cheap room over a New York grocery store. Molly's idol, wealthy Jack Cromwell, lives in a Long Island mansion but is markedly less happy, since his fiancée Jane won't discourage her other admirers. Fleeing in his car, Jack ends up in an urban block party where he meets you-know-who. ===== Socialite Jack Cromwell has second thoughts about his coming marriage when finds his intended flirting. He runs off to New York to think things over and meets a Molly, a girl from a poor neighborhood, at a block party. He persuades her to return to Southhampton with him to make his fiancée jealous. His scheme works, but in the process, Molly has fallen in love with Jack. When she leaves and he faces never seeing her again, he realizes that it is Molly whom he really loves. |
(I'M A DREAMER) AREN'T WE ALL? Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown Sung and played on autoharp by Janet Gaynor YOU FIND THE TIME AND I'LL FIND THE PLACE Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown Sung by Sharon Lynn YOU'VE GOT ME PICKIN' PETALS OFF O' DAISIES Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown Sung and danced by Marjorie White and Frank Richardson SUNNY SIDE UP Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown Sung with chorus and danced by Janet Gaynor Reprised by Frank Richardson and Marjorie White TURN ON THE HEAT Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown Sung by Sharon Lynn and danced by chorus IF I HAD A TALKING PICTURE OF YOU Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown Sung by Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor with child chorus IT'S GREAT TO BE NECKED Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva and Lew Brown Sung by Marjorie White |
JANET GAYNOR ... Molly Carr CHARLES FARRELL ... Jack Cromwell MARJORIE WHITE ... Bea Nichols EL BRENDEL ... Eric Swenson MARY FORBES ... Mrs. Cromwell PETER GAWTHORNE ... Lake the Butler SHARON LYNN ... Jane Worth FRANK RICHARDSON ... Eddie Rafferty JOE BROWN ... Joe Vitto Rest of cast listed alphabetically: HENRY ARMETTA ... Italian Husband (uncredited) SHERWOOD BAILEY ... Little Boy (uncredited) JAY BERGER ... Little Boy (uncredited) SYMONA BONIFACE ... Woman in hallucination montage (uncredited) GINGER CONNOLLY ... Little Boy (uncredited) JACKIE COOPER ... Jerry McGinnis (uncredited) RAY ERLENBORN ... Little Boy (uncredited) GEORGE ERNEST ... Little Boy (uncredited) ARTYE FOLZ ... Chubby Girl with Glasses & Braids (uncredited) MARY GORDON ... Grocery Shopper (uncredited) DANNIE MAC GRANT ... Little Boy (uncredited) DOUGLAS GREER ... Freckle-Faced Boy (uncredited) DICKIE KILBY ... Little Boy (uncredited) IVAN LINOW ... Big Smiling Guy (uncredited) MAE MADISON ... Chorine (uncredited) ALAN PAULL ... Raoul (uncredited) JACK RAY ... Child Dancer (uncredited) HECTOR V. SARNO ... Suitor (uncredited) BUSTER SLAVEN ... Little boy (uncredited) RICHARD SMITH ... Little Boy (uncredited) ROBERT SMITH ... Little Boy (uncredited) MARTHA LEE SPARKS ... Little Girl (uncredited) DICK SUCCOP ... Little Boy (uncredited) JACKIE WILSON ... Little Boy (uncredited) |
Directed by: DAVID BUTLER ========= Writing Credits: DeSYLVA ... (story and dialogue) & BROWN ... (story and dialogue) and HENDERSON ... (story and dialogue) DAVID BUTLER ... (continuity) ========= Produced by: DAVID BUTLER ... producer BUDDY G. DeSYLVA ... producer SOL M. WURTZEL ... executive producer ========= Cinematography by: ERNEST PALMER JOHN SCHMITZ ========= Film Editing by: IRENE MORRA ========= Art Direction by: HARRY OLIVER ========= Costume Design by: SOPHIE WACHNER ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: AD SCHAUMER ... assistant director ========= Sound Department: JOSEPH E. AIKEN ... sound ========= Music Department: HOWARD JACKSON ... musical director ARTHUR KAY ... musical director HUGO FRIEDHOFER ... orchestrator (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: SEYMOUR FELIX ... choreographer |
Production Companies: Fox Film Corporation ========= Distributors: Fox Film Corporation (1929) [USA] Theatrical Fox Film Corporation (1930) [PORTUGAL] Theatrical Fox Film (1930) [AUSTRIA] Theatrical ========= Other Companies: Cinema Studio Supply (lighting equipment) |
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| Release Date | Film / Genre | Soundtrack | Cast | Crew | Company Credits |
| 1 January 1929 [USA] November 1932 [Paris, France] 2 May 1965 (limited) [Portugal] 1 March 1985 (restored version) [USA] 20 September 1985 (restored version) [Sweden] 20 September 1985 (restored version) [New York City, New York, USA] 13 March 1987 [Finland] 1 March 1991 (restored version) [Netherlands] 15 October 2007 (Panorama of European Cinema) [Greece] |
 QUEEN KELLY (Drama) [1 hour 41 minutes] A convent girl is abducted and seduced by a prince before being sent off to a brothel in East Africa. |
Music by: UGO DEROUARD (1985 restored version) ADOLF TANDLER |
GLORIA SWANSON ... Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly WALTER BYRON ... Prince Wolfram SEENA OWEN ... Queen Regina V Rest of cast listed alphabetically: SYLVIA ASHTON ... Kelly's Aunt (uncredited) WILSON BENGE ... Prince Wolfram's Valet (uncredited) SIDNEY BRACEY ... Prince Wolfram's Lackey (uncredited) RAE DAGGETT ... Coughdrops (uncredited) FLORENCE GIBSON ... Kelly's Aunt (uncredited) MADGE HUNT ... Mother Superior (uncredited) TULLY MARSHALL ... Jan Vryheid (uncredited) ANN MORGAN ... Maid Escorting Kelly to Altar (uncredited) MADAME SUL-TE-WAN ... Kali Sana - Aunt's Cook (uncredited) LUCILLE VAN LENT ... Prince Wolfram's Maid (uncredited) WILHELM VON BRINCKEN ... Prince Wolfram's Adjutant (uncredited) GORDON WESTCOTT ... Lackey (uncredited) |
Directed by: ERICH VON STROHEIM RICHARD BOLESLAWSKI ... (uncredited) ========= Writing Credits: ERICH VON STROHEIM ... (based on an original story by) MARION AINSLEE ... (titles) BENJAMIN GLAZER ... (uncredited) ========= Produced by: JOSEPH P. KENNEDY ... producer (uncredited) GLORIA SWANSON ... producer (uncredited) ERICH VON STROHEIM ... producer (uncredited) ========= Music by: UGO DEROUARD ... (1985 restored version) ADOLF TANDLER ========= Cinematography by: PAUL IVANO ... (photography) GORDON POLLOCK ... (photography) WILLIAM H. DANIELS ... (uncredited) BEN F. REYNOLDS ... (uncredited) GREGG TOLAND ... (uncredited) ========= Film Editing by: VIOLA LAWRENCE ... film editor ========= Art Direction by: HAROLD MILES ========= Costume Design by: MAX RÉE ... (uncredited) ========= Production Management: BENJAMIN GLAZER ... production manager (uncredited) WILLIAM LeBARON ... production manager (uncredited) ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: LOUIS GERMONPREZ ... assistant director (uncredited) SHERRY SHOURDS ... assistant director (uncredited) EDWARD SOWDERS ... assistant director (uncredited) ========= Art Department: RICHARD DAY ... additional art director (uncredited) HAROLD MILES ... set designer (uncredited) ERICH VON STROHEIM ... additional art director (uncredited) ========= Sound Department: ROBERT AVEDON ... sound (1985 restored version) VINTON VERNON ... sound recorder ========= Camera and Electrical Department: WILLIAM MARGULIES ... assistant camera (uncredited) ========= Costume and Wardrobe Department: ANN MORGAN ... costumer (uncredited) ========= Music Department: BOB CARDELLI ... music editor: Phantasmagoria (1985 Kino restored version) ADOLF TANDLER ... conductor ========= Additional Crew: JEFFREY NELLE ... additional titles: The Title Works (1985 restored version) |
Production Companies: Gloria Swanson Pictures (presents) (An Erich von Stroheim Production) (as Gloria Swanson Pictures Corp., Ltd.) ========= Distributors: United Artists (1950) [USA] Theatrical Kino International (1985) [USA] Theatrical Kino Video (2003) [USA] DVD Warner Home Video (2006) [USA] DVD Force Video [USA] VHS Kino Video [USA] VHS |
| 30 January 1929 {premiere} [Berlin, Germany] 1 December 1929 [New York City, New York, USA] 22 February 1930 [Japan] 7 April 1930 [Portugal] 17 July 1984 (TV premiere) [Finland] 19 February 1998 (re-release) [Germany] 21 April 2002 [Buenos Aires, Argentina] 8 December 2006 (re-release) [UK] 26 January 2012 (re-release) [Greece] |
 PANDORA'S BOX (Crime | Drama | Romance) [1 hour 49 minutes] The rise and inevitable fall of an amoral but naive young woman whose insouciant eroticism inspires lust and violence in those around her. |
Silent Movie |
LOUISE BROOKS ... Lulu FRITZ KORTNER ... Dr. Ludwig Schön FRANZ LEDERER ... Alwa Schön CARL GOETZ ... Schigolch KRAFFT-RASCHIG ... Rodrigo Quast ALICE ROBERTS ... Gräfin Geschwitz - Countess Anna Geschwitz DAISY d'ORA ... Charlotte Marie Adelaide v. Zarnikow - braut Dr. Schöns - Dr. Schön's Bride GUSTAV DIESEL ... Jack the Ripper MICHAEL V. NEWLINSKY ... Marquis Casti-Piani SIEGFRIED ARNO ... Der inspizient - the Stage Manager |
Directed by: GEORG WILHELM PABST ========= Writing Credits: FRANK WEDEKIND ... (plays) LADISLAUS VAJDA ... (scenario) JOSEPH FLEISLER ... (titles) (uncredited) GEORG WILHELM PABST ... (uncredited) ========= Produced by: HEINZ LANDSMANN ... producer SEYMOUR NEBENZAL ... producer (uncredited) ========= Music by: STUART ODERMAN ... (1986) PEER RABEN ... (1997) WILLIAM P. PERRY ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: GÜNTHER KRAMPF ========= Film Editing by: JOSEPH FLEISLER ... (uncredited) ========= Art Direction by: ANDREJEW HESCH ERNÖ METZNER ... (uncredited) ========= Costume Design by: GOTTLIEB HESCH ... (uncredited) ========= Production Management: GEORG C. HORSETZKY ... production manager ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: MARC SORKIN ... assistant director PAUL FALKENBERG ... assistant director (uncredited) ========= Art Department: MARCEL TUSZKAY ... graphic designer ========= Visual Effects by: ANDREI DIMITRIU ... digital compositor (restoration) TOBIAS WIEDMER ... digital compositor (restoration) ========= Music Department: FRANK STROBEL ... conductor (1997) / music editor (1997) |
Production Companies: Nero-Film AG ========= Distributors: Süd-Film (1929) [GERMANY] Theatrical Moviegraphs (1929) [USA] Theatrical Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) (1977) [USA] TV Nelson Entertainment (1983) [USA] VHS Yleisradio (YLE) (1984) [FINLAND] TV Embassy Home Entertainment (1986) [USA] VHS Umbrella Entertainment (2002) [AUSTRALIA] DVD Divisa Home Video (2004) [SPAIN] DVD The Criterion Collection (2006) [USA] DVD Divisa Home Video (2009) [PORTUGAL] DVD New Star (2012) [GREECE] Theatrical - re-release) Cult & Classic [BRAZIL] VHS Filmmuseum München (as Film Museum München) [WORLD-WIDE] All Media Grapevine Video [USA] VHS Janus Films [USA] All Media Sultan Video VHS Video Dimensions VHS |
| 30 March 1929 {premiere} [USA] 6 April 1929 [USA] 5 June 1929 [Brazil] 6 June 1930 [Argentina] 25 August 1930 [Finland] |
 COQUETTE (Drama | Romance) [1 hour 16 minutes] A flirtatious Southern belle is compromised with one of her suitors. |
COQUETTE (1929) (uncredited) Written by Irving Berlin Not used vocally in film LI'L LIZA JANE (1916) (uncredited) Written by Ada De Lachau Sung in part by uncredited actor NOBODY KNOWS DE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN (uncredited) Traditional spiritual Arranged by Henry Thacker Burleigh (1917) Sung in part by uncredited actor OLD FOLKS AT HOME (SWANEE RIVER) (1851) (uncredited) Written by Stephen Foster Played during the opening credits MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME, GOOD-NIGHT! (1853) (uncredited) Written by Stephen Foster Played as background music |
MARY PICKFORD ... Norma Besant JOHN MACK BROWN ... Michael Jeffery MATT MOORE ... Stanley Wentworth JOHN ST. POLIS ... Dr. John Besant WILLIAM JANNEY ... Jimmy Besant HENRY KOLKER ... Jasper Carter GEORGE IRVING ... Robert Wentworth LOUISE BEAVERS ... Julia Rest of cast listed alphabetically: JAY BERGER ... Little Boy on Street (uncredited) PHYLLIS CRANE ... Bessie (uncredited) JOSEPH DEPEW ... Joe (uncredited) ROBERT HOMANS ... Court Bailiff (uncredited) VERA LEWIS ... Miss Jenkins (uncredited) CRAIG REYNOLDS ... Young Townsman at Dance (uncredited) |
Directed by: SAM TAYLOR ========= Writing Credits: GEORGE ABBOTT ... (based on the stage production by) and ANN PRESTON BRIDGERS ... (based on the stage production by) JOHN GREY ... (adaptation) and ALLEN MCNEIL ... (adaptation) SAM TAYLOR ... (dialogue) ========= Produced by: MARY PICKFORD ... producer (uncredited) SAM TAYLOR ... producer (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: KARL STRUSS ... (photography) CHARLES ROSHER ... (uncredited) ========= Film Editing by: BARBARA McLEAN ... (uncredited) ========= Costume Design by: HOWARD GREER ... (uncredited) ========= Production Management: WALTER MAYO ... production manager ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: LUCKY HUMBERSTONE ... assistant director ========= Art Department: WILLIAM CAMERON MENZIES ... settings ========= ; Camera and Electrical Department: DONALD BIDDLE KEYES ... camera crew (uncredited) K.O. RAHMN ... still photographer (uncredited) WALTER RANKIN ... camera crew (uncredited) STUART THOMPSON ... camera crew (uncredited) FRANK TITUS ... camera crew (uncredited) ========= Music Department: EMIL HILB ... music arranger (uncredited) ERVIN NYIREGYHAZI ... music arranger (uncredited) HUGO RIESENFELD ... musical director (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: EARLE BROWNE ... assistant dramatic director JED HARRIS ... producer: stage play |
Production Companies: Pickford Corporation (Sam Taylor's production) ========= Distributors: United Artists (An United Artist Picture) (1929) [USA] Theatrical MGM/UA Home Video (1994) [USA] VHS |
| 4 May 1929 (sound version) [USA] 8 June 1929 (silent version) [USA] 12 May 1930 [Portugal] 26 May 1930 [Finland] 1 August 1930 [Denmark] |
 GLAD RAG DOLL (Comedy | Romance) [1 hour 10 minutes] Glad Rag Doll is a 1929 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Dolores Costello. This is one of many lost films of the 1920s, no prints or Vitaphone discs survive, but the song with the same title and the trailer survives. |
GLAD RAG DOLL Written by Milton Ager, Dan Dougherty and Jack Yellen performed by Nat Shilkret and the Victor Orchestra Vocal by Harold "Scrappy" Lambert |
DOLORES COSTELLO ... Annabel Lee RALPH GRAVES ... John Fairchild AUDREY FERRIS ... Bertha Fairchild ALBERT GRAN ... Nathan Fairchild MAUDE TURNER GORDON ... Aunt Fairchild TOM RICKETTS ... Admiral CLAUDE GILLINGWATER ... Sam Underlane ARTHUR RANKIN ... Jimmy Fairchild DALE FULLER ... Miss Peabody DOUGLAS GERARD ... Butler ANDRÉ BERANGER ... Barry (an actor) LEE MORAN ... Press Agent TOM KENNEDY ... Manager LOUISE BEAVERS ... Hannah STANLEY TAYLOR ... Chauffeur |
Directed by: MICHAEL CURTIZ ========= Writing Credits: GRAHAM BAKER ... (screenplay) GRAHAM BAKER ... (titles) HARVEY GATES ... (story) ========= Music by: CECIL COPPING ... (uncredited) ========= Cinematography by: BYRON HASKIN ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: CLIFF SALM ... assistant director |
Produced by: First National Pictures (controlled by Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.) (as a First National-Vitaphone Picture) ========= Distributed by: Warner Bros. (as First National Pictures) (1929) [USA] Theatrical |
| 27 September 1929 {premiere} [Gartenbau-Kino, Vienna, Austria] 15 October 1929 {premiere} [Germany] 11 April 1930 [France] 24 April 1930 [Japan] 18 May 1998 (TV premiere) [Finland] 20 June 2010 [BAMcinemaFest, USA] 17 July 2010 [San Francisco Silent Film Festival, USA] |
DIARY OF A LOST GIRL (Drama) [1 hour 19 minutes] After falling pregnant to a pharmacist and refusing to marry, a young woman is thrown from her home and sent to a scrict girls' reform school. |
Music by: OTTO STENZEEL |
LOUISE BROOKS ... Thymian ANDRÉ ROANNE ... Count Nicolas Osdorff JOSEF ROVENSKÝ ... Robert Henning EURITZ RASP ... Meinert VERA PAWLOWA ... Aunt Frieda FRANZISKA KINZ ... Meta ARNOLD KORFF ... Elder Count Osdorff ANDREWS ENGELMANN ... The director of the establishment VALESKA GERT ... The director's wife EDITH MEINHARD ... Erika SYBILLE SCHMITZ ... Elisabeth SIEGFRIED ARNO ... Guest KURT GERRON ... Dr. Vitalis HEDWIG SCHLICHTER HANS CASPARIUS JARO FÜRTH EMMY WYDA Rest of cast listed alphabetically: M. KASAZKAYA SYLVIA TORF MICHAEL VON NEWLINSKY |
Directed by: GEORG WILHELM PABST ========= Writing Credits: MARGARETE BÖHME ... (novel) RUDOLF LEONHARDT ... (writer) ========= Produced by: GEORG WILHELM PABST ... producer ========= Music by: OTTO STENZEEL ========= Cinematography by: SEPP ALLGEIER FRITZ ARNO WAGNER ========= Art Direction by: EMIL HASLER ERNÖ METZNER ========= Production Management: HEINZ LANDSMANN ... unit production manager VICTOR SKUTEZKY ... production manager ========= Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: PAUL FALKENBERG ... assistant director MARC SORKIN ... assistant director |
Production Companies: Pabst-Film Hom-AG für Filmfabrikation ========= Distributed by: Image Entertainment (1991) [USA] Video - laserdisc Kino Video (2001) [USA] DVD Eureka Entertainment (2007) [UK] DVD |
| 15 October 1929 [Berlin, Germany] 14 November 1929 {premiere} [Prague, Czechoslovakia] 4 January 1930 [Estonia] 20 January 1930 [Finland] 22 July 1930 [London, UK] 8 December 1930 [Portugal] 1930 [Italy] 7 January 1931 [Japan] 6 February 1931 [USA] 26 February 1931 [Madrid, Spain] 12 July 1971 [West Germany] 12 September 2005 [Filmretrospektive Fritz Lang und Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, Japan] |
 WOMAN IN THE MOON (Comedy | Drama | Romance) [1 hour 35 minutes] A tenacious scientist blasts off for the moon in hopes of riches that may be found there. |
HEIMLICH SINGT FÜR UNS DIE LIEBE Music by Willy Schmidt-Gentner Lyrics by Fritz Rotter & Andre Mauprey Sung by Gerda Maurus and Willy Fritsch |
WILLY FRITSCH ... Wolf Helius GERDA MAURUS ... Stud. astr. Friede Velten KLAUS POHL ... Professor Georg Manfeldt FRITZ RASP ... Der Mann, der sich Walter Turner nennt GUSTL STARK-GSTETTENBAUR ... Gustav GUSTAV V. WANGENHEIM ... Ingenieur Hans Windegger TILLA DURIEUX ... Fünf Gehirne und Scheckbücher MARGARETE KUPFER ... Frau Hippolt, Haushälterin bei Helius ALEXA V. POREMBSKA ... Eine Veilchenverkäuferin GOTHO ... Der Mieter vom II. Stock LORETTO ... Zwei eindeutige Existenzen MAXIMILIAN ... Grotjan, Chauffeur bei Helius PAULY ... Zwei eindeutige Existenzen KARL PLATEN ... Der Mann am Mikrophon DAMMANN ... Der Werkmeister der Helius-Flugwerften MAHMUD TERJA BEY ... Fünf Gehirne und Scheckbücher HERMANN VALLENTIN ... Fünf Gehirne und Scheckbücher BORWIN WALTH ... Fünf Gehirne und Scheckbücher MAX ZILZER ... Fünf Gehirne und Scheckbücher DIE MAUS JOSEPHINE ... Die Maus Rest Of Cast Listed Alphabetically: JULIUS E. HERRMANN ... (uncredited) |
Directed by: FRITZ LANG ========= Writing Credits: THEA VON HARBOU ... (manuscript) THEA VON HARBOU ... (novel) FRITZ LANG ... (screenplay) (uncredited) ========= Produced by: FRITZ LANG ... producer ========= Music by: JON MIRSALIS ... (2003) STUART ODERMAN ... (1991) JAVIER PÉREZ DE AZPEITIA ... (2005) WILLY SCHMIDT-GENTNER ========= Cinematography by: CURT COURANT OSKAR FISCHINGER KONSTANTIN TSCHETWERIKOFF OTTO KANTURECK ========= Art Direction by: EMIL HASLER OTTO HUNTE KARL VOLLBRECHT ========= Production Management: EDUARD KUBAT ... unit manager ========= Special Effects by: OSKAR FISCHINGER ... special effects (uncredited) KONSTANTIN IRMEN-TSCHET ... special effects (uncredited) ========= Camera and Electrical Department: HORST VON HARBOU ... still photographer (uncredited) ========= Music Department: JON MIRSALIS ... musician: score (2003 version) ANDRÉ MAUPREY ... lyrics (uncredited) FRITZ ROTTER ... lyrics (uncredited) ========= Additional Crew: JOSEPH DANILOWATZ ... artistical collaborator ROBERT E. LEE ... intertitler: English (1977 version) PROF. HERMANN OBERT ... scientific collaborator PROF. DR. GUSTAV WOLFF ... artistical collaborator WILLY LEY ... technical advisor (uncredited) |
Production Companies: Fritz Lang-Film Universum Film (UFA) ========= Distributed by: Universum Film (UFA) (1929) [GERMANY] Theatrical Gaumont British Distributors (1930) [UK] Theatrical Ufa Film Company (1931) [USA] Theatrical - English intertitles Video Yesteryear (1984) [USA] Video Divisa Home Video (2003) [SPAIN] DVD Kino Video (2004) [USA] DVD Eureka Entertainment (2008) [UK] DVD Silver Screen (2008) [BRAZIL] DVD Grapevine Video [USA] VHS Divisa Ediciones All Media LS Video Video Video Ten All Media - Video as "Women in the Moon") |
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