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Mother Knows Best
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 10,116 feet / 110 minutes
Directed by John G. Blystone

Cast: Madge Bellamy [Sally Quail], Louise Dressler [Ma Quail], Barry Norton [Bert, the boy], Albert Gran [?] [Sam Kingston or Max Kingston]?, Joy Auburn [Bessie], Stuart Erwin [Ben], Lucien Littlefield [Pa Quail], Dawn O’Day [Sally Quail, as a child], Annette De Kirby [Bessie, as a child], Ivor De Kirby [Ben, as a boy]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Scenario by Marion Orth, with dialogue by Eugene Walter, from the short story “Classified” by Edna Ferber. Song “Sally of My Dreams” by William Kernell (music and lyrics). Assistant director, Jasper Blystone. Dialogue supervision by Charles Judels and Dave Stamper. Cinematography by Gilbert Warrenton. Sound recording engineer, Joseph Aiken. Music by Erno Rapee. Film editor, Margaret V. Clancey. Intertitles written by William Kernell and Edith Bristol. Presented by William Fox. / © 28 September 1928 by Fox Film Corporation [LP25647]. Premiered 15 September 1928 in New York, New York. Released 28 October 1928. / [?] Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format and/or Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 1 July 2012.

References: Drew-Speaking pp. 8, 29-30, 32, 274; MoPicAlmanac-1929 p. 11 : Website-AFI.

 
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