The Motion Picture Almanac 1929 (1929)
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The MOTION PICTURE ALMANAC
1929
Miller. George Lewis, Eddie Gribbon. Beryl Mercer, John Boles. Albert Gran, Michael Viaaroff, Daiey Belmore, Ra^ita Marstini, Kathlyn Williams, Edward Martindel, Josephine Dunn, Andy De Vine, Flora Bramley. Jacob Bleifer. (D) Edward Sloman. (R) May 5, 1928. (L) 9151.
WEDDING MARCH. THE: (P-D) Paramount. (T) Drama. (C) George Fawcett. Maude George, Erich von Stroheim. George Nichols, Zasu Pitts, Hughie Mack, Mathew Betz, Cesare Gravina, Dale Fuller, Fay Wray, Syd Bracey. (D) von Stroheim. (R) October 27. 1928. (L) 10,400. Musical score and sound effects.
WEST OF ZANZIBAR: (P-D) Metro-GoldwynMayer. (T) Drama. (C) Lon Chaney. Lionel Bari-ymore, Warner Baxter. Mary Nolan. Jane Daly. Roscoe Ward, Kalla Pasha and Curtis Nero. (D) Tod Browning. (R) December 8. 192S. (L) 6150.
WEST POINT: (P-D) Metro-Goldwvn-Mayer. (T) Drama. (C) William Haines, Joan Crawford, Neil Neely, William Bakewell. Ralph Emnierson. Leon Keller, Major R. G. Moses. (D) Edward Sedgwick. (R) Januaiy 21, 192S. (L) 8090.
WHAT PRICE BEAUTY: (P-D) Pathe. (T) Drama. (G) Nita Naldi, Pierre Gendron, Dolores Johnson, Virginia Pearson. Myrna Loy, Sally Winters, La Supervia, Marilyn Newkirk, Victor Potel, Spike Rankin, Templar Saxe and Leo White. (D) Thomas Buckingham. (R) JanuaiT 22, 1928. (L) 5000.
WHEEL OF CHANCE. THE: (P-D) First National. (T) Drama. (C) Richard Barthelmes.^, Bodil Rosing, Warner Gland, Lina Basquette. Margaret Livingston, Ann SchaefTer, Sidney Franklin, Martha Franklin. (D) Alfred Santcll. (R) June 2. 192S. (L) 6895.
WHIP, THE: (P-D) First National. (T) Drama. (C) Dorothy Mackaill. Ralph Forbes. Anna Q. Nilsson, Lowell Sherman, Albert Gran, Marc McDermott, Lou Payne. Arthur Clayton. (D) Charles Brabin. (R) July 14. 1928. (L) 5087. Musical score and sound effects.
WHIP WOMAN. THE: (P-D) First National. (T) Drama. (C) Estelle Taylor. Antonio
Moreno. Lowell Sherman. Hedda Hoppei-. Julanne Johnson and Loretta Young. (D^ Joseph C. Boyle. (R) February 11, 192.H. (L) 6058.
WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (T) Melodrama. (C) Monte Blue. Raquel Torres and Robert Anderson. (D) W. S. Van Dyke. (R) July 7. 1928. (L) 7965. Talking sequences, musical score and sound effects.
WICKEDNESS PREFERRED: (P-D) MetroGoldwyn-Mayer. (T) Comedy drama. (C) Lew Cody. Aileen Pringle. Mary McAllister. Bert Roach. George Arthur. (D) Hobai't Henley. (R) February 11. 1928. (L) 5011.
WIFE'S RELATIONS, THE: (P-D) Columbia. (T) Comedy drama. (C) Shirley Mason. Gaston Glass. Ben Turpin. Arthur Rankin. Flora Finch. Lionel Belmore, Armand Kaliz. Maurice Ryan and James Harrison. (D) Maurice Marshall. (R) February 11, 1928. (L) 5350.
WILD WEST ROMANCE: (P-D) Fox. (T) Western. (C) Rex Bell. Caryl Lincoln. Neill Neeley, Billy Butts, Jack Walters, Fred Parke, Albert Baffert, George Pearce anj Ellen Woodsten. (D) R. Lee Hough. (R) August 18. 1928. (L) 4921.
WILD WEST SHOW: (P-D) Universal. (T) Western. (C) Hoot Gibson. Dorothy Gulliver. Allan Forrest, Monte Blue, Gale Henry, Roy Laidlaw and John Hall. (D) Del Andrewi^. (R) April 21. 1928. (L) 5254.
WIN THAT GIRL: (P-D) Fox. (T) Comedy drama, (C) David Rollins. Sue Carol, Tom Elliott. Roscoe Karns. Olin Francis. Mack Fluker, Sidney Bracey, Janet McLeod, Maxine Shelly and Betty Recklaw. (D) David Butler. (R) October 20, 1928. (L) 5337.
WIND, THE: (P-D) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (T) Drama. (C) Lillian Gish. Lars Hanson. Montagu Love, Dorothy Cummings, Edward Earle. William Orlamond. Laon Ramon, Carmencita Johnson and Billy Kent Schaefer, (D) Victor Seastrom. (R) November 3, 1928. (L) 6721.
WOMAN AGAINST THE WORLD: (P-D) Tiffany-Stahl. (T) Mystery drama. (C) Harrison Ford, Georgia Hale, Lee Moran, Ger
trude Olmstead, William Tooker, Ida Darling, Walter Hiers. Harvey Clark. Sally Rand, Rosemary Theby. Charles Clary. (D) George Archainbaud. (R) January 1. 192s. (L) 5283.
WOMAN'S WAY. A: (P-D) Columbia. (T) Melodrama. (C) Warner Baxter. Margaret Livingston. Armand Kaliz, Mathilde Comont. Ernie Adams and John St. Polls. (D) Edmund Mortimer. (R) March 31, 1928. (L) 5472.
WOMAN WISE: (P-D) Fox. IT) Comedy drama. (C) William Russell. June CoUyer, Walter Pidgeon. Theodore Kosloff, Raoul Paoli, Ernest Shields and Duke Kahanamoku. (D) Albert Ray. (R) January 28. 192S. (L) 5050.
WON IN THE CLOUDS: (P-D) Universal. (T) Melodrama. (C) Al Wilson, Helen Foster, Frank Rice, George Fench, Joe Bennett, Al Prisco, Myi-tis Crinley. Frank Tommick. Roy Wilson. Ivan Unger, Red Sly and Art Gobel. (D) Bruce Mitchell. (R) April 22, 1928. (L) 4348.
WRIGHT IDEA, THE: (P-D) First National. (T) Comedy. (C) Johnny Hines. Louise Lorraine. Edmund Breese. Charles Giblyn. Fred Kelsey. Henry Herbert. Walter James and Blanche Craig. (D) Charles Hines. (R) July 7. 1928. (L) 6300.
WYOMING: (P-D) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (T) Western. (C) Tim McCoy. Dorothv Sebastian, Charles Bell, William Fairbanks. Chief Big Tree, Goes-in-the-!odge, Washington Blue, Bert Henderson. (D) W. S. Van Dyke. (R) April 14, 1928. (L) 4435.
YELLOW LILY, THE: (P-D) First National. (T) Drama. (C) Billie Dove, Nicholas Soussanin, Clive Brook, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Jane Winton. (D) Alexander Korda. (R) April 28. 1928. (L) 7187.
YOUR WIFE AND MINE: (P-D) Excellent. (T) Comedy drama. (C) Phyllis Haver. Stuart Holmes. Wallace MacDonald. Katherine Lewis. Barbara Tennant. Blanche Upright, Jane Lufboro. (D) Frank O'Connor. (R) September 1. 1928. (L) 5867.
PICTURES PRIOR TO 1928
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Release Date
(FN). 12,000f. George A. Billings.. Feb. 2, 1924 ACE OF CADS. THE
(Par). 7786f, MenjouJoyce Oct. 30. 1926
ACQUITTAL, THE
(U), 6523f, sc Oct. 27, 1923
ACROSS THE PACIFIC
(WB), 69u4f, Monte Blue , Oct. 16. 1926
ADAM AND EVIL
(MGM). 6793t, Cody-Pringle _A.ug. 13, 1927
ADVENTURE
(Part. 6602f. T. Moore-Starke May 2. 1925
AFFAIR OF THE FOLLIES. AN
(FN). 6433f, Billie Dove Mar. 5. 1927
AFRAID TO LOVE
(Par). 6199f, Vidor-Brook .Apr. 23. 1927
AFTER BUSINESS HOURS
(Col). 6600t. Elaine Hammerstein.-July 4. 1925 AFTER MARRIAGE
(Madoc). 4960f. Margaret Livingston Nov. 21, 1925
AFTER MIDNIGHT
(MGM), 6312f, Norma Shearer....Aug. 27, 1927 AFTER THE BALL
(Anderson). 6500f. TODC prod Jan. 5. 1924
AGAINST ALL ODDS
(Fox). 4890f, Charles (Buck) Jones..Aug. 9, 1924 AIR HAWK. THE
(RKO), 5000f, Al Wilson _ Dec. 20. 1924
AIR MAIL, THE
(Par), 6976f. Baxter-Dove Mar. 28, 1925
ALASKAN, THE
(Par), G736f, Thomas Meighan....Sept. 27. 1924 ALASKAN ADVENTURES
(Pathe). 5678f. Art Young May 28. 1927
ALIAS MARY FLYNN
(RKO). 5559f. Evelyn Brent May 30. 1925
AUAS THE DEACON
(U). 6869f. Jean Hersholt June 25. 1927
ALIAS THE LONE WOLF
(Col). 6843f. B. Lytell-Lois Wilson. .Oct. 1. 1927 ALIAS THE NIGHT WIND
(Fox). 414of. William Russell Aug. 25. 1923
ALIMONY
(RKO). 6917f, fic _ Feb. 2, 1924
ALL ABOARD
(FN), 6300f, Johnny Hines Apr. 2, 1927
Key to Abbreviations
.\E .\5SO<'iaIed K\hibitors (Now Pathe)
AP&D Allied Producers & Distributors
CBC C B C (Now Columbia)
Chad Chad wick Pictures
Col Columbia
Cos Cosmopolitan
DDC Davis Distributing Corporation
Ex Excellent
f Length of film in feet
FBO Film Booking Offices
(Now RKO Productions)
FN First National
GA Crand-.^sher
Gold Goldwyn (Now MGM)
Cst Goldslonc. Phil
Hod Hodkinson (Now Pathe ยป
LB Lee Bradford
MG Metro-Goldwyn
(Now Metro-Goldw jn-Mayerl
MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Mon Monogram
Par Paramount
PDC Producers Distributing Corporation
(Now Pathe)
Play Playgoers Pictures
PS Producers Security
Pref Preferred Pictures
Ray Rayart
RKO RKO Productions
Selz Selznick
SC special cast
Tif Tiffany
TODC Theatre Owners Dist. Corp.
Tru Truart (Now Tiffany-Stahl)
U , Universal
UA United .Artists
Vita Vitagraph (Now \*'amer Bros.)
W&N Weber and North
WB Warner Brothers
ALL AROUND FRYING PAN
IKKO). S.OlSf. Fred Thom.son Nov. 28, 1925
ALOMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS
(Par), S514f, Gilda Gray May 29, 1926
ALONG CAME RUTH
(MG), SOOOf, Viola Dana Aug. 2, 1924
AMATEUR GENTLEMAN. THE
(FN). 7"90f. Richard Barthelmess....
..._ Sept. 11. 1926
AMERICA
(UA). 14.000f. D. W. Griffith prod..Mar. 8, 1924 AMERICAN BEAUTY'
(FN), 6333f, Billie Dive Oct. 22, 1927
AMERICAN MANNERS
(RKO), 5200f, Richard Talmadge..Sept. 6, 1924 AMERICAN PLUCK
(Chad), 59001, George Walsh July 11, 1925
AMERICAN VENUS. THE
(Par). Esther Ralston Feb. 6. 1926
ANCIENT HIGHWAY. THE
(Pari. 7506f. Holt-Dove Nov. 21, 1925
ANGEL OF BROADWAY, THE
(Pathe), 6574f, Leatrice Joy _...Nov. 5. 1927
ANKLES PREFERRED
(Fox). 549Sf. Madge Bellamy Mar. 12, 1927
ANNA CHRISTIE
(FN), 7013f. Blanche Sweet Dec. 1, 1923
ANNIE LAURIE
(MGM), 8730f, Lillian Gish. May 14. 1927
ANY WOMAN
(Par). 5963f. Alice Terry June 13. 1925
APRIL SHOWERS
(Pref.). 6350. Colleen Moore Nov. 17. 1923
ARAB. THE
(MG). 6710f. Novarro-Terry July 12, 1924
ARE PARENTS PEOPLE?
(Par), 6586f, Bronson-Vidor-Menjou...
June 20, 1925
ARE THE CHILDREN TO BLAME?
(Tru), 5000f, Corrigan-Shannon 1923
ARGENTINE LOVE
(Par), 5970f, Bebc Daniels _ Jan. 3, 1925
ARIZONA EXPRESS, THE
(Fox). 6316f. Charles Jones Mar. 29, 1924
ARIZONA ROMEO, THE
(Fox), 4694f. Buck Jones _-.Jan. 31, 1925