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Melody Lane
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by Robert Hill (Robert F. Hill)
Cast: Eddie Leonard [Des Dupree], Josephine Dunn [Dolores Dupree], Huntly Gordon (Huntley Gordon) [Rinaldi], George E. Stone [Danny], Rose Coe [Constance Dupree], Jane La Verne [Mrs. Dupree], Blanche Carter [the nurse], Jake Kern [the orchestra leader], Monte Carter [the stage manager], Edgar Caldwell [a perfomer]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Screenplay by Robert F. Hill, from an adaptation by J.G. Hawks of the play The Understander by Jo Swerling. Song “Roly Boly Eyes” by Eddie Leonard; song “The Song of the Islands” by Charles King; songs “Here I Am,” “There’s Sugar Cane Round My Door” and “The Boogy Man is Here” by Leonard Stern, Grace Stern and Jack Stern. Art direction by Charles D. Hall. Costume design by Johanna Mathieson. Assistant director, Lew Landers. Cinematography by Joseph Brotherton. Supervising editor, Maurice Pivar. Film editor, Daniel Mandell. Intertitles written (silent version) by Tom Reed. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / Premiere 21 July 1929. Released October 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. [?] Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system? / Universal’s first all-talking musical. The film was also released in the USA in a silent version. / Full-sound film.
Drama: Musical.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 62.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Actresses - Children - Dancers - Synchronized sound film - Vaudeville
Listing updated: 7 December 2024.
References: Hirschhorn-Universal pp. 54, 62 : Website-IMDb.
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