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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Patsy Ruth Miller
Margaret
Lawrence Gray
Don
Robert Edeson
Winters
Ralph Emerson
Arthur
Shirley Palmer
Molly
John St. Polis
Father
Claire McDowell
Mother
Ruby Lafayette
Grandma
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- James Flood
- Writers
- Edward Clark, Frances Hyland
- Countries
- United States of America
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Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
James Flood directs. Leete Renick Brown cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 298 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Editor Leete Renick Brown shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Patsy Ruth Miller and Lawrence Gray and Robert Edeson carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0019147 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Editing
- Leete Renick Brown
- Runtime
- 70 min · 1h 10m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
James Flood
Production companies
Who made it
- TI
Tiffany-Stahl Productions
Key crew
- ProducerJohn M. Stahl
- MusicManny Baer
- CinematographyErnest Miller
- EditorLeete Renick Brown
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1928-11-09
Also known as
International titles
- Mariage à bailFR
- Casamento por ContratoBR
- Prøve-ÆgteskabDK
- Omantunnon avioliittoFI
- Dokimastikos gamosGR
- 明日の結婚JP
- TomorrowGB
