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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Virginia Valli
Sylvia Thurston
Ian Keith
Edwin Booth Benton
Harry Myers
Lew Fielding
Kenneth Thomson
Curtis Drake
Harry Burkhardt
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Erle C. Kenton
- Writers
- Channing Pollock, Dorothy Howell, Mort Blumenstock
- Languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Erle C. Kenton directs. Joseph Walker behind the camera. Frank Atkinson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in No Language.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 65-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.
- 4Directed by Erle C. Kenton, shot by Joseph Walker. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Editor Frank Atkinson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Virginia Valli and Ian Keith and Harry Myers carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt0019430 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Joseph Walker
- Editing
- Frank Atkinson
- Runtime
- 65 min · 1h 5m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Erle C. Kenton
Production companies
Who made it
Columbia Pictures
US
Key crew
- Assistant DirectorJoseph H. Nadel
- EditorFrank Atkinson
- Art DirectionHarrison Wiley
- ProducerHarry Cohn
- AdaptationHarvey F. Thew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1928-09-03
