The Motion Picture Almanac 1929 (1929)
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1929
The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
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Bntt--l(--i-. William Di'maresl. I'lx-d Wai run, Sylvia Ashton and DeWitt JenninK:^. <D) Eddie Cline. iR) September 28. 192S. (L) 6225. Musical score.
CROOKS CAN'T WIN: IP-D) R K O. (Tl Melodrama. I CI Ralph Lewi.^. Thelnia Hill. Sam Nelson. Joe Brown. Eugene Stronvr. James Easrle and Charles Hall. ID) Charles Cillette. (Rl February 1. 1928. (L) 6320.
CROWD. THE: (P-D) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (T) Drama. (C) Eleanor Boardman. James Murray. Bert Roach, Daniel G. Tomlinson. Del Henderson, Lucy Beaumont, Freddie Burke and Alice Mildred Puter. (D) King Vidor. (R) March 10, 1928. (L) 8548.
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DANGER RIDER. THE: (P-D) Universal. (T) Wet^tern. (C) Hoot Gibson. Eugenia Gilbert. Reaves Eason. Monte Montajrue. Kinc Zany. Frank Beale and Milla Davenport. ID) Henry MacRae. (R) November 17. 192S. (L) 5357.
DAREDEVILS REWARD: (P-D) Fox. (T) Wet^tern. iC) Tom Mix. Natalie Joyce. Lawford Davidson. Billy Betcher. Harry CordinjJ: and William Welch. (Ul Gene Forde. iR) February 11. lil2S. (L) 49S7.
DATE WITH A DUCHESS, A: (P-D) Paramount. (T) Comedy. (C) Adolphe Menjou. Evel.vn Brent. Rose Dione. Emil Chautard. Mario Carillo. Leonardo de Vesa and Jules Rancourt. ID) Hobart Henley. (R) March 21. 1928.
DESERT BRIDE. THE: (P-D) Columbia. iT) Melodrama. (C) Betty Compson. Allan Forrest. Edward Martindel. Otto Matiesen. Roscoe Karns and Frank Austin. (D) Walter Lang. IR) April 14. 1928. (L) 5928.
DESERT OF THE LOST, THE: (P-D) Pathe. (Tl Western. iCl Wally Wales. PepRy Montgomery. William J. Dyer. lulward Cecil. Richard Neill. Kelly Gafford. Ray Murro. Georpe Masrill and (Tharles Whitaker. (D) Richard Thorpe. (R) December 18. 1927. (L) 4933.
DEVIL'S SKIPPER. THE: I P-D) Tiffany-Stahl. (T) Melodrama. (C) Belle Bennett. Montairu Love. Cullen Landis, Mary McAllister. Gino Corrado. G. Raymond Nye, Pat Hartican, Adolph Millar, Philliii Sleeman and Frank Leiffh. (D) John G. Adolfi. (R) February. 1928. (L) 5510.
DEVIL'S TRADEMARK, THE: (P-D) R K O. (T) Drama. (C) Belle Bennett. William V. Montr. Marion Douglas. William Bakewell. William De.smond. Patrick Cunning and Olin Francis. (D) Leo Meehan. (R) March 3. 1928. (L) 5984.
DIAMOND HANDCUFFS: I P-D) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (T) Melodrama. (C) Eleanor Boardman. Conrad Nagel. Lawrence Gray. Sam Hardy. Lena Malena. Gwen Lee. John Roche. George Cooper. Lew Harvey, E. Warren, and Charles Stevens. (D) John P. McCarthy. (R) May 5, 1928. (L) 6070.
DIVINE LADY. THE: (P-D) First National. (T) Drama. IC) Corinne Griffith. Victor Varconi. H. B. Warner. Ian Keith. William Conklin. Marie Dressier. Michael Va\itch. Dorothy Gumming and Montagu Love. iD) Frank Lloyd. (R) October 27. 192s. |L) 10,101. Talking sequences, sound elTects and musical score.
DOG JUSTICE: (P-D) R K O. (T) Melodrama. (C) Ranger, Eddie Hearn. Nita Martan. James Welsh and Al J. Smith. (D) Jerome Storm, (K) June 16. 1928. (L) 5063.
DOMESTIC MEDDLERS: I P-D) Tiffany
Stahl. (T) Comedy drama. I CI Claire Windsor. Lawrence Gray. Roy D'Arcy. Jed Prouty. (D) James Flood. IR) October 20. 1928. (L) 5362.
DOMESTIC TROUBLE: (P-D) Warner
Brothers. IT) Comedy. (C) Clyde Cook. Louise Fazenda. Betty Blythe. Jean Laverty and Arthur Rankin. IDI Ray Enright. (R) March 24. 1928. I L) 5164. Musical score.
DOOMSDAY: (P-D) Paramount. (T) Drama. iC) Florence Vidor, Gary Cooper, Lawrence Gray, Charles A. Stevenson and others. (D) Rowland V. Lee. (R) January 21. 1928. (L) 5665.
DO YOUR DUTY: (P-D) Fir.^t National. (T) Comedy drama. (C) Charlie Murray. Lucien Littlefield. Doris Dawson. Charles Delaney. Ed Brady. Washington Blue. Aggie
Herring and George Pierce. (D) William Beaudine. (R) October 13, 1928. (L) 6027.
DRAG NET. THE: (P-D) Paramount. (T) Melcxlrania. (C) George Bancroft, Evelyn Brent. William Powell. Fred Kohler. Leslie Fenton, Allan Garcia, Harry Semels. Syd Marks. George Irving and Alfred Allen. (D) Josef von Sternberg. (R) May 26, 1928. (L) 7866.
DREAM OF LOVE: (P-D) Metro-GoldwynMayer. (T) Drama. IC) Joan Crawford. Nils Asther, Aileen Pringle. Warner Oland. Carmel Myers. Harry Reinhardt, Harry Myers, Alphonse Martell and Fletcher Norton. (D) Fred Niblo. (R) December 22, 1928.
DRESSED TO KILL: (P-D) Fox. (T) Melodrama. (C) Edmund Lowe. Mary Astor. Ben Bard. Charles Morton. R. O. Pennell. Robert Perry. Joe Brown. Tom Dugan. John Kelly and Robert E. O'Connor. (D) Irving Cummings. (R) April 14, 1928. (L) 6566.
DRIFTWOOD: (P-D) Columbia. (T) Drama. (C) Don Alvarado. Marceline Day. .-Man Roscoe. J. W. Johnson. Fred Holmes, Fritzi Brunette, Nora Cecil, Joe Mack. (D) Christy Cabanne. (R) November 17, 1928. (L) 6267.
EASY COME, EASY GO: (P-D) Paramount. (T) Comedy drama. (C) Richard Dix. Nancy Carroll. Charles Sellon, Frank Currier. .Arnold Kent, Christian J. Frank, Joseph J. Franz and Guy Oliver. (D) Frank Tuttle. IRI May 19, 1928. (L) 5364.
ENEMY. THE: (P-D) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. IT) Drama. (C) Lillian Gish. Ralph Forbes. Ralph Emerson. Frank Currier. George Fawcett. Fritzi Ridgeway, John S. Peters. Karl Dane. Polly Moran and Billy Kent Shaefer. (D) Fred Niblo. (R) March 10. 1928. (L) 8194.
ESCAPE, THE: IP-D) Fox. (T) Melodrama. (C) William Russell. Virginia Valli. Nancy Drexel. George Meeker. William Demarest and James Gordon. (D) Arthur Rasson. (R) April 14. 1928. (L) 5109.
EXCESS BAGGAGE: (P-D) Metro-GoldwynMayer. IT) Drama. (C) William Haines. Josephine Dunn. Neely Edwards. Kathleen Clifford, Greta Grandstedt, Ricardo Cortez and Cvril Chadwick. (D) James Cruze. IR) June 23. 1928. (L) 7180. Musical score and sound effects.
FARMER'S DAUGHTER. THE: (P-D) Fox. (T) Comedy drama. (C) Marjorie Beebe. Warren Burke. Arthur Stone. Lincoln Stedman. Harry Dunkinson and Sam DeGrasse. ID) Arthur Rosson. (R) September 15, 1928. IL) 5148.
FEEL MY PULSE: (P-D) Paramount. (T) Comedy drama. (C) Bebe Daniels. Melbourne MacDowell. George Irving. CTharles Sellon. Heinle Conklin. William Powell and Richard Arlen. (D) Gregory La Cava. (R) February 25. 1928. (L) 5889.
FIFTY FIFTY GIRL. THE: (P-D) Paramount. iTl Comefly drama. ICI Bebe Daniels. James Hall, William Austin. George Kotsonaros and Johnnie Morris. (D) Clarence Badger. (R) February 11, 1928. (L) 6402.
FIGHTIN' REDHEAD, THE: (P-D) R K O. iT) Western. (C) Buzz Barton. Duane Thompson. Milburn Morante. Bob Fleming. Edmund Cobb end Edward Hearn. (D) Louis King. |R) February 11. 1928. IL) 4758.
FINDERS KEEPERS: (P-D) Universal. IT) Comedy drama. IC) Laura La Plante. John Harron. Edmund Breese. Arthur Rankin, Bill Gorman. Eddie Phillips and Joe Mack. (D) Wesley Ruggles. (R) February 5, 1928.
FIRST KISS, THE: (P-D) Paramount. (T) Drama. IC) Fay Wray. Gary Cooper. Lane Chandler. Leslie Fenton. Paul Fix, Malcolm Williams and Monroe Owslev. (Dl Rowland V. Lee. (R) August 4. 1928. IL) 6134.
FLEET'S IN. THE: (P-D) Paramount. (T) Comedv drama. IC) Clara Bow. James Hall. Jack Okie. Bodil Rosing. (D) Malcolm St. Clair. (R) September 22. 1928. (L) 6918.
FLEETWING: (P-D) Fox. (T) Melodrama. IC) Barry Norton. Doi-othy Janis. Ben Bard. Robert Kortman. Erville Alderson. James
Anderson and Blanche Fridercia. (C* Lambert Hillyer. (i<) June 24. 192S. (L) 493'J.
FLYIN" COWBOY. THE: (P-D) Universal. (T) Western. I CI Hoot Gibson. Olive Hasbrouck. Hairy Todd. William Bailey. Buddy Phillips and Ann Carter. (D) Reeves Eason. (R) July 1, 1928. (L) 5109.
FLYING ROMEOS: (P-D) First National. (T) Comedy. ICI George Sidney. Charlie Murray. Fritzi Ridgway. Lester Barnard. Duke Martin. James Bradbury. Jr.. and Belle Mitchell. (D) Mervyn LeRoy. (R) April 7. 1928. (L) 6172.
FOOLS FOR LUCK: (P-D) Paramount. iTI Comedy. (C) W. C. Fields. Chester Conklin. Sally Blane. Jack Luden. Mary Alden. Arthur Housman. Robert Dudley, and Martha Mattox. (D) Charles Riesner. IR) April 7, 1928. (L) 5852.
FORBIDDEN HOURS: I P-D) Metro-GoldwynMayer (T) Drama. ICI Ramon Novarro. Renee Adoree. Shirley O'Hara. Roy D'Arcy. Edward Connolly. Dorothy Gumming and Alberta Vaughn. (D) Harry Beaumont. (R) March 17, 1928. (L) 4987.
FOREIGN LEGION, THE: (P-D) Universal. (T) Melodrama. (Cl Lewis Stone, Noi-man Keri-y. Mary Nolan. June Marlow. Crauford Kent, and Walter Perry. (D) Edward Sloman. (R) September 22. 1928. (L) 7828.
FORGOTTEN FACES: (P-D) Paramount. (T) Melodrama. (C) Clive Brook. Mai-y Brian. Olga Baclanova. William Powell. Fred Kohler. Jack Luden. (D) Victor Schertzinger. (R| -August 4. 1928. (L) 7640.
FOUR-FLUSHERS, THE: (P-D) Universal. IT) Farce-comedy. (C) George Lewis. Marion Nixon. Eddie Phillips. Churchill Ross. Jimmy Aye, Burr Mcintosh. Otto Hoffman. Winifred North, Hayden Stevenson. Patricia Carron. (D) Wesley Ruggle.s. (R) January 8, 1928. (L) 6193.
FOUR FOOTED RANGER. THE: (P-D) Universal. (T) Western. (Cl Dynamite. Edmund Cobb. Marjorie Bonner. Pearl Sindelar. Francis Ford. Pat Rooney. Frank M. Clark. Carl Sepulveda. IDI Stuart Patnn. (R) March 25. 1928.
FOUR WALLS: IP-D) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (T) Melodrama. (C) Joan Crawford. John ^Gilbert. Vera Gordon. Carmel Meyers. Robert Emmet O'Connor. Louis Natheaux. and Jack Byron. (Dl William Nigh. (R) September 8. 1928.
FRECKLES: (P-D) R K O. (T) Romance drama. (C) John Fox Jr.. Gene Stratton. Hobart Bosworth. Eulalie Jensen. Billy Scott, and Lafe McKee. (D) J. Leo Meehan. (R) February 4. 1928. IL) 6131.
FREE LIPS: I P-D) First Division. IT) Melodrama. (Cl June Marlowe. Jane Novak. Frank Hagney. Ernie Shields. Olin Fi-ancis, Edna Hearn. (D) Wallace MacDonald. (R) July 14. 1928. (L) 5700.
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GANG WAR: (P-D) R K O. IT) Melodrama. (C) Olive Borden. Jack Pickford. Eddie Gribbon. Walter Long and Frank Chew. (Dl Bert Glennon. (R) September 29. 1928. (L) 6356. Talking sequences, sound effects and musical score.
GATE CRASHER. THE: (P-D) Universal. (T) Comedy. I C) Glenn Tryon. Patsy Ruth Miller, Miller T. Roy. Beth Harol. Fred Malatesta, Tiny Sandford. Claude Payton. Russell Powell and Al Smith. (D) William Craft James. (R) December 9, 1928. (L) 5597.
GEORGE WASHINGTON COHEN: (P-D) Tiffany-Stahl. ITl Comedy drama. (Cl George Jessel. Robert Edeson. Corliss Palmer. Lawford Davidson. Florence Allan and Jane LaVerne. (Dl George Archainbaud. (Rl December 30. 1928.
GLORIOUS TRAIL, THE: (P-D) First National. (Tl Western. (C) Ken Maynard, Gladys McConnell. Frank Hagney. Les Bates. James Bradbury Jr.. Billy Fransy and Chief Yowlache. (Dl Albert Rogell. (R) September 29. 1928. (L) 5700.
GOLF WIDOWS: (P-D) Columbia. (T) Comedy drama. (Cl Vera Reynolds. Harrison Ford. John Patrick. Sally Rand. Kathleen Key. Vernon Dent. Will Stanton. (D) Erie C. Kenton. (R) May 29. 1928. (L) 5592.