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A Lady of Chance
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7126 feet
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard

Cast: Norma Shearer [Dolly Morgan, also known as ‘Angel Face’)], Lowell Sherman [Bradley], Gwen Lee [Gwen], John Mack Brown (Johnny Mack Brown) [Steve Crandall], Eugenie Besserer [Mrs. Crandall], Buddie Messinger [Hank Crandall]; Walter Percival [Sergeant ‘Matty’ Matheson], Polly Moran [the maid in the Atlantic City hotel], Bert Roach [the man asking Dolly for a telephone number], Charles K. French, Adele Watson, [?] ? [T. Roger Hammond]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [A Robert Z. Leonard Production]. / Scenario by A.P. Younger, from an adaptation by Edmund Goulding of the short story “Little Angel” by Leroy Scott. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons. Gowns (costume design) by Adrian (Gilbert Adrian). Photographed (cinematography) by Peverly Marley (J. Peverell Marley) and William Daniels. Film editor, Margaret Booth. Titles (intertitles written) by Ralph Spence. / © 28 January 1929 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [LP59]. Premiered circa 25 December 1928 in Chicago, Illinois. Premiered 28 December 1928 in Los Angeles, California. Released December 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 3 February 2018.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Brownlow-Parade p. 302 : ClasIm-330 p. 46 : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.

 
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