“The Birth of the Talkies”
HOLLYWOOD SOUND FEATURE FILMS
PRODUCED IN 1929
Abbreviations:
(T) all-talking film
(P) part-talkie
(S) synchronized sound film, usually only sound effects and/or music
D director
Ls leading stars
WARNER BROS.
All productions used Vitaphone
The Aviator D: Roy Del Ruth (T)
Ls: Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller
Conquest D: Roy Del Ruth (T)
Ls: H. B. Warner, Monte Blue, Lois Warner, Tully Marshall
The Desert Song D: Roy Del Ruth (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.
Ls: John Boles, Carlotta King, Louise Fazenda, Myrna Loy, John Miljan
Evidence D: John G. Adolfi (T)
Ls: Pauline Frederick, Conway Tearle, Lowell Sherman, Myrna Loy
Fancy Baggage D: John G. Adolfi (P)
Ls: Myrna Loy, George Fawcett, Audrey Ferris
From Headquarters D: Howard Bretherton (P)
Ls: Henry B. Walthall, Monte Blue, Guinn Williams
Frozen River D: F. Harmon Weight (P)
Ls: Rin-Tin-Tin, Davey Lee, Josef Swickard
The Gamblers D: Michael Curtiz (T)
Ls: H. B. Warner, Lois Wilson, Jason Robards
General Crack D: Alan Crosland (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.
Ls: John Barrymore, Philippe De Lacy, Lowell Sherman, Hobart Bosworth
The Glad Rag Doll D: Michael Curtiz (T)
Ls: Dolores Costello, Ralph Graves, Audrey Ferris
Gold Diggers of Broadway D: Roy Del Ruth (T) In Technicolor.
Ls: Lilyan Tashman, Nancy Welford, Conway Tearle Songs included “Tiptoe through the Tulips,” “Painting the Clouds with Sunshine.”
Greyhound Limited D: Howard Bretherton (P)
Ls: Monte Blue, Grant Withers, Edna Murphy
Hardboiled Rose D: F. Harmon Weight (P)
Ls: Myrna Loy, John Miljan, William Collier, Jr.
Hearts in Exile D: Michael Curtiz (T)
Ls: Dolores Costello, Grant Withers, James Kirkwood
Honky Tonk D: Lloyd Bacon (T)
Ls: Sophie Tucker, Audrey Ferris, Lila Lee
Songs included “He’s a Good Man to Have Around,” “I’m the Last of the Red-Hot Mammas.”
The Hottentot D: Roy Del Ruth (T)
Ls: Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller
In the Headlines D: John G. Adolfi (T)
Ls: Grant Withers, Marion Nixon
Is Everybody Happy? D: Archie Mayo (T)
Ls: Ted Lewis, Alice Day
Songs included “Tiger Rag,” “St. Louis Blues.”
Kid Gloves D: Ray Enright (P)
Ls: Lois Wilson, Conrad Nagel
The Little Wildcat D: Ray Enright (P)
Ls: Robert Edeson, Audrey Ferris, George Fawcett, James Murray
The Madonna of Avenue A D: Michael Curtiz (P)
Ls: Dolores Costello, Grant Withers, Louise Dresser
The Million Dollar Collar D: D. Ross Lederman (P)
Ls: Rin-Tin-Tin, Evelyn Pierce, Matty Kemp
No Defense D: Lloyd Bacon (P)
Ls: May McAvoy, Monte Blue, Kathryn Carver
Noah’s Ark D: Michael Curtiz (S)
Ls: Dolores Costello, Noah Beery, George O’Brien, Myrna Loy, Louise Fazenda
On with the Show D: Alan Crosland (P) “Prismatic” color film
Ls: Betty Compson, Ethel Waters, Joe E. Brown, Louise Fazenda, Wheeler Oakman, Arthur Lake Songs included “Am I Blue?”
One Stolen Night D: R. Scott Dunlap (P)
Ls: Betty Bronson, Mitchell Lewis, William Collier, Jr.
Queen of the Night Clubs D: Bryan Foy (T)
Ls: Texas Guinan, Lila Lee, Eddie Foy, Jr., John Davidson, George Raft
The Royal Box D: Bryan Foy (T)
Ls: Alexander Moissi, Camilla Horn, Lew Hearn
The Sap D: Archie Mayo
Ls: Edward Everett Horton, Alan Hale, Patsy Ruth Miller, Franklin Pangborn
Say It with Songs D: Lloyd Bacon (T)
Ls: Al Jolson, Davey Lee, Marion Nixon.
Songs included “One Sweet Kiss,” “Back in Your Own Backyard.”
The Show of Shows D: John G. Adolfi (T) Technicolor
Ls: Frank Fay, H. B. Warner, Hobart Bosworth, Marion Nixon, Myrna Loy, Patsy Ruth Miller, Ben Turpin, Lupino Lane, Noah Beery, Tully Marshall, Carmel Myers, Lloyd Hamilton, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Bull Montana, John Barrymore, Richard Barthelmess, Sally Blane, Dolores Costello, Betty Compson, Helene Costello, Beatrice Lillie, Monte Blue, Loretta Young, Rin-Tin-Tin, etc., etc.
Songs included “You Were Meant for Me,” “Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody.”
Skin Deep D: Ray Enright (T)
Ls: Monte Blue, Betty Compson, Davey Lee, Tully Marshall
Sonny Boy D: Archie Mayo (P)
Ls: Davey Lee, Betty Bronson, Edward Everett Horton
Stark Mad D: Lloyd Bacon (T)
Ls: H. B. Warner, Henry B. Walthall, Louise Fazenda, Jacqueline Logan, John Miljan
Stolen Kisses D: Ray Enright (P)
Ls: May McAvoy, Hallam Cooley
Tiger Rose D: Sidney A. Franklin (T)
Ls: Lenore Ulric, Forrest Stanley, Andre de Peranger
The Time, the Place and the Girl D: Howard Bretherton (T)
Ls: Betty Compson, Grant Withers
Songs included “Doin’ the Raccoon,” “I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now.”
FIRST NATIONAL
All productions used Vitaphone
Broadway Babies D: Mervyn LeRoy (P)
Ls: Alice White, Charles Delaney
Careers D: John Francis Dillon (P)
Ls: Billie Dove, Noah Beery, Carmel Myers, Antonio Moreno
The Careless Age D: John Griffith Wray (T)
Ls: Carmel Myers, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Loretta Young
Children of the Ritz D: John Francis Dillon (S)
Ls: Jack Mulhall, Dorothy Mackail
Dark Streets D: Frank Lloyd (T)
Ls: Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee
The Divine Lady D: Frank Lloyd (S)
Ls: Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi, H. B. Warner, Marie
Dressler, Montague Love
Drag D: Frank Lloyd (T)
Ls: Richard Barthelmess, Lucien Littlefield
Fast Life D: John Francis Dillon (T)
Ls: Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Chester Morris
Footlights and Fools D: William A. Seiter (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.
Ls: Fredric March, Colleen Moore
The Forward Pass D: Eddie Cline (T)
Ls: Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
The Girl from Woolworth’s D: William Beaudine (T)
Ls: Alice White, Charles Delaney, Wheeler Oakman
The Girl in the Glass Cage D: Ralph Dawson (P)
Ls: Loretta Young, Ralph Lewis, Carroll Nye
Hard to Get D: William Beaudine (T)
Ls: Dorothy Mackail, James Finlayson, Louise Fazenda
Her Private Life D: Alexander Korda (T)
Ls: Billie Dove, Walter Pidgeon, Roland Young, Montague
Love, Zasu Pitts, Thelma Todd
His Captive Woman D: George Fitzmaurice (P)
Ls: Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackail
The House of Horror D: Benjamin Christensen (P)
Ls: Louise Fazenda, James Ford, Chester Conklin, Dale Fuller
Isle of Lost Ships D: Irvin Willat (T)
Ls: Jason Robards, Virginia Valli
The Man and the Moment D: George Fitzmaurice (P)
Ls: Rod La Rocque, Billie Dove
A Most Immoral Lady D: John Griffith Wray (T)
Ls: Walter Pidgeon, Sidney Blackmer, Leatrice Joy, Montagu Love, Robert Edeson
Naughty Baby D: Mervyn LeRoy (S)
Ls: Jack Mulhall, Alice White, Thelma Todd
Prisoners D: William A. Seiter (P)
Ls: Corinne Griffith, Ian Keith, Bela Lugosi
Walter Morosco Production distributed by First National.
Sally D: Alfred E. Green (T)
Ls: Colleen Moore, Leon Errol, Lloyd Hughes
Saturday’s Children D: Gregory La Cava (P)
Ls: Grant Withers, Corinne Griffith
Walter Morosco Production distributed by First National.
Seven Footprints to Satan D: Benjamin Christensen (P)
Ls: Sheldon Lewis, Thelma Todd
Smiling Irish Eyes D: William A. Seiter (T)
Ls: Colleen Moore, James Hall, Robert Homans
Songs included “Smiling Irish Eyes.”
The Squall D: Alexander Korda (T)
Ls: Myrna Loy, Richard Tucker, Alice Joyce, Loretta Young, Zasu Pitts
Twin Beds D: Alfred Santell (T)
Ls: Patsy Ruth Miller, Jack Mulhall, Zasu Pitts
Two Weeks Off D: William Beaudine (P)
Ls: Jack Mulhall, Dorothy Mackail, Gertrude Astor
Weary River D: Frank Lloyd (P)
Ls: Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson
Young Nowheres D: Frank Lloyd (T)
Ls: Richard Barthelmess, Marion Nixon
FOX FILM CORPORATION
All productions used Movietone
Behind That Curtain D: Irving Cummings (T)
Ls: Warner Baxter, Lois Moran, Boris Karloff
Big Time D: Kenneth Hawks (T)
Ls: Lee Tracy, Mae Clark, Daphne Pollard, Stepin Fetchit, John Ford (playing himself)
Black Magic D: George B. Seitz (S)
Ls: Henry B. Walthall, Josephine Dunn, Earle Fox, John Holland
Blue Skies D: Alfred L. Werker (S)
Ls: Helen Twelvetrees, Frank Albertson, Claude King
Captain Lash D: John Blystone (S)
Ls: Victor McLaglen, Claire Windsor, Clyde Cook
Chasing through Europe D: David Butler (P)
Ls: Sue Carol, Nick Stuart
Christina D: William K. Howard (P)
Ls: Janet Gaynor, Charles Morton
The Cockeyed World D: Raoul Walsh (T)
Ls: Victor McLaglen, Lily Damita, Edmund Lowe
The Exalted Flapper D: James Tinling (S)
Ls: Barry Norton, Sue Carol, Irene Rich, Stuart Erwin
The Far Call D: Allan Dwan (S)
Ls: Leila Hyams, Charles Morton, Arthur Stone, Randolph Scott
Four Devils D: F. W. Murnau (P)
Ls: Farrell MacDonald, Claire McDowell, Janet Gaynor
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 D: David Butler (T)
Ls: Lola Lane, John Breeden, Dixie Lee
Frozen Justice D: Allan Dwan (T)
Ls: Louis Wolheim, Robert Frazer, Lenore Ulric
Fugitives D: William Beaudine (S)
Ls: Don Terry, Madge Bellamy, Arthur Stone
The Ghost Talks D: Lewis Seiler (T)
Ls: Helen Twelvetrees, Stepin Fetchit, Carmel Myers
The Girl from Havana D: Benjamin Stoloff (T)
Ls: Lola Lane, Paul Page
Girls Gone Wild D: Lewis Seiler (S)
Ls: Sue Carol, Nick Stuart, Hedda Hopper
Hearts in Dixie D: Paul Sloane (T)
Ls: Clarence Muse, Eugene Jackson, Stepin Fetchit
Homesick D: Henry Lehrman (S)
Ls: Sammy Cohen, Marjorie Beebe, Henry Armetta
Hot for Paris D: Raoul Walsh (T)
Ls: Victor McLaglen, El Brendel, Fifi D’Orsay
Joy Street D: Raymond Cannon (S)
Ls: Lois Moran, Nick Stuart
Love, Live and Laugh D: William K. Howard (T)
Ls: George Jessel, Lila Lee
Making the Grade D: Alfred E. Green (P)
Ls: Lois Moran, Edmund Lowe
Masked Emotions D: David Butler (S)
Ls: George O’Brien, Nora Lane
Masquerade D: Russell J. Birdwell (T)
Ls: Leila Hyams, Alan Birmingham, Clyde Cook
Nix on Dames D: Donald Gallaher (T)
Ls: Mae Clark, Robert Ames, William Harrigan
Not Quite Decent D: Irving Cummings (P)
Ls: Louise Dresser, Allan Lane, June Collyer
The One Woman Idea D: Berthold Viertel (S)
Ls: Rod La Rocque, Marceline Day
Pleasure Crazed D: Donald Gallaher (T)
Ls: Dorothy Burgess, Marguerite Churchill, Kenneth Mac-Kenna
Protection D: Benjamin Stoloff (S)
Ls: Dorothy Burgess, Robert Elliott, Paul Page
Red Wine D: Raymond Cannon (S)
Ls: Conrad Nagel, June Collyer, Arthur Stone
Romance of the Rio Grande D: Alfred Santell (T)
Ls: Warner Baxter, Mary Duncan, Antonio Moreno
Romance of the Underworld D: Irving Cummings (S)
Ls: Mary Astor, Ben Bard, John Boles
Salute D: John Ford (T)
Ls: Helen Chandler, George O’Brien, Frank Albertson
Seven Faces D: Berthold Viertel (T)
Ls: Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Eugenie Besserer
The Sin Sister D: Charles Klein (S)
Ls: Nancy Carroll, Josephine Dunn, Lawrence Gray
The Sky Hawk D: John G. Blystone (T)
Ls: Helen Chandler, John Garrick, Billy Bevan
A Song of Kentucky D: Lewis Seiler (T)
Ls: Lois Moran, Joseph Wagstaff
South Sea Rose D: Allan Dwan (T)
Ls: Charles Bickford, Lenore Ulric
Strong Boy D: John Ford (S)
Ls: Victor McLaglen, Leatrice Joy, Slim Summerville, Clyde Cook
Sunny Side Up D: David Butler (T)
Ls: Charles Farrell, Janet Gaynor, El Brendel
They Had to See Paris D: Frank Borzage (T)
Ls: Will Rogers, Irene Rich
Thru Different Eyes D: John G. Blystone (T)
Ls: Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe, Mary Duncan
The Valiant D: William K. Howard (P)
Ls: Paul Muni, Johnny Mack Brown
Why Leave Home? D: Raymond Cannon (T)
Ls: Dixie Lee, Nick Stuart, Sue Carol, Walter Catlett, Ilka Chase
Words and Music D: James Tinling (T)
Ls: Lois Moran, Helen Twelvetrees, David Percy, Ward Bond
Songs included “Too Wonderful for Words.”
PARAMOUNT-FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY
All productions used Movietone
Applause D: Rouben Mamoulian (T)
Ls: Helen Morgan, Fuller Mellish, Jr., Joan Peers
Songs included “What Wouldn’t I Do for that Man?”
The Battle of Paris D: Robert Florey (T)
Ls: Gertrude Lawrence, Charles Ruggles, Arthur Treacher
Betrayal D: Lewis Milestone (S)
Ls: Emile Jannings, Gary Cooper, Esther Ralston
The Canary Murder Case D: Malcolm St. Clair
Ls: William Powell, Louise Brooks, Jean Arthur
The Carnation Kid D: E. Mason Hopper (P)
Ls: Francis Lee, Douglas McLean
Christie Film Company production distributed by Paramount.
Chinatown Nights D: William Wellman (T)
Ls: Wallace Beery, Florence Vidor, Warner Oland, Jack Oakie
Close Harmony D: John Cromwell (T)
Ls: Nancy Carroll, “Buddy” Rogers, Jack Oakie
The Cocoanuts D: Joseph Santley and Robert Florey (T)
Ls: The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont
The Dance of Life D: John Cromwell (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.
Ls: Nancy Carroll, Hal Skelly, Dorothy Revier
Dangerous Curves D: Lothar Mendes (T)
Ls: Richard Arlen, Clara Bow, Kay Francis
A Dangerous Woman D: Rowland V. Lee (T)
Ls: Clive Brook, Baclanova, Neil Hamilton, Clyde Cook
Darkened Rooms D: Louis Gasnier (T)
Ls: Evelyn Brent, Neil Hamilton, Doris Hill
Divorce Made Easy D: Walter Graham (T)
Ls: Marie Prevost, Douglas McLean, Johnny Arthur Christie Film Company production distributed by Paramount.
The Doctor’s Secret D: William C. DeMille (T)
Ls: Ruth Chatterton, H. B. Warner, John Loder, Nancy Price
The Dummy D: Robert Milton (T)
Ls: Fredric March, Ruth Chatterton, Jack Oakie, Zasu Pitts, John Cromwell, Richard Tucker, Eugene Pallette
Fashions in Love D: Victor Schertzinger (T)
Ls: Adolphe Menjou, Fay Compton, Miriam Seegar, John Miljan
Four Feathers D: Merian C. Cooper, Ernst B. Schoedsack, Lothar Mendes (S)
Ls: Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Clive Brook, William Powell, Noah Beery
Gentlemen of the Press D: Millard Webb (T)
Ls: Walter Huston, Charles Ruggles, Katherine Francis
Glorifying the American Girl D: Millard Webb (T) Technicolor scenes.
Ls: Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Flo Ziegfeld, Otto Kahn, Ring Lardner, Adolph Zukor, Mayor Jimmy Walker, Texas Guinan, Johnny Weissmuller
Songs included “Blue Skies,” “I’m Just a Vagabond Lover.”
The Greene Murder Case D: Frank Tuttle (T)
Ls: William Powell, Florence Eldridge, Jean Arthur, Eugene Pallette
Halfway to Heaven D: George Abbott (T)
Ls: “Buddy” Rogers, Paul Lukas, Jean Arthur
Illusion D: Lothar Mendes (T)
Ls: “Buddy” Rogers, Nancy Carroll, Kay Francis, Eugenie Besserer, Regis Toomey
Innocents of Paris D: Richard Wallace (T)
Ls: Maurice Chevalier, Sylvia Beecher, George Fawcett
Songs included “Louise,” “Wait Till You See My Cherie.”
Jealousy D: Jean De Limur (T)
Ls: Jeanne Eagels, Fredric March, Henry Daniell
The Kibitzer D: Edward Sloman (T)
Ls: Harry Green, Neil Hamilton, Mary Brian
The Lady Lies D: Hobart Henley (T)
Ls: Walter Huston, Claudette Colbert, Charles Ruggles
The Letter D: Jean De Limur (T)
Ls: Jeanne Eagels, O. P. Heggie, Reginald Owen, Herbert Marshall
The Love Doctor D: Melville Brown (T)
Ls: Richard Dix, June Collyer
The Love Parade D: Ernst Lubitsch (T)
Ls: Maurice Chevalier, Jeannette MacDonald, Lupino Lane, Eugene Pallette, Ben Turpin
Songs included “Dream Lover,” “My Love Parade.”
The Man I Love D: William Wellman (T)
Ls: Richard Arlen, Jack Oakie, Mary Brian
Men Are Like That D: Frank Tuttle (T)
Ls: Hal Skelly, Doris Hill
Nothing but the Truth D: Victor Schertzinger (T)
Ls: Richard Dix, Berton Churchill, Ned Sparks, Helen Kane
Pointed Heels D: Edward Sutherland (T)Some sequences in Technicolor.
Ls: Fay Wray, Helen Kane, William Powell, Phillips Holmes, Eugene Pallette
The Rainbow Man D: Fred Newmeyer (T)
Ls: Eddie Dowling, Frankie Darrow, Marion Nixon, George Hayes
Sono-Art production distributed by Paramount.
Redskin D: Victor Schertzinger (S) Some sequences in Technicolor.
Ls: Tully Marshall, Richard Dix, Gladys Belmont
The Return of Sherlock Holmes D: Basil Dean (T)
Ls: Clive Brook, Betty Lawford, Phillips Holmes
River of Romance D: Richard Wallace (T)
Ls: “Buddy” Rogers, June Collyer, Mary Brian, Wallace Beery, Henry B. Walthall
The Saturday Night Kid D: Edward Sutherland (T)
Ls: Clara Bow, James Hall, Jean Arthur, Edna May Oliver, Jean Harlow
The Shopworn Angel D: Richard Wallace (P)
Ls: Gary Cooper, Nancy Carroll, Paul Lukas, Roscoe Karns
The Studio Murder Mystery D: Frank Tuttle (T)
Ls: Neil Hamilton, Fredric March, Doris Hill, Warner Oland, Florence Eldridge, Chester Conklin, Eugene Pallette
Sweetie D: Frank Tuttle (T)
Ls: Helen Kane, Jack Oakie, Nancy Carroll, Stuart Erwin
Songs included “Sweeter than Sweet.”
Thunderbolt D: Josef von Sternberg (T)
Ls: George Bancroft, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Tully Marshall
The Virginian D: Victor Fleming (T)
Ls: Gary Cooper, Walter Huston, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian
Welcome Danger D: Clyde Bruckman (T)
Ls: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent
The Wheel of Life D: Victor Schertzinger (T)
Ls: Richard Dix, Esther Ralston, O. P. Heggie
Why Bring That Up? D: George Abbott (T)
Ls: Evelyn Brent, Charles E. Mack, Harry Green
The Wild Party D: Dorothy Arzner (T)
Ls: Clara Bow, Fredric March, Joyce Compton, Jack Oakie
The Wolf of Wall Street D: Rowland V. Lee (T)
Ls: George Bancroft, Paul Lukas, Nancy Carroll, Baclanova
Wolf Song D: Victor Fleming (S)
Ls: Gary Cooper, Lupe Velez, Louis Wolheim
UNIVERSAL
All productions used Movietone.
Barnum Was Right D: Del Lord (T)
Ls: Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy, Otis Harlan
Broadway D: Paul Fejos (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.
Ls: Evelyn Brent, Merna Kennedy, Glenn Tryon
Clear the Decks D: Joseph E. Henabery (P)
Ls: Reginald Denny, Olive Hasbrouck, Lucien Littlefield
The Cohens and the Kellys in Atlantic City D: W. J. Craft (P)
Ls: George Sidney, Mack Swain, Vera Gordon
College Love D: Nat Ross (T)
Ls: George Lewis, Eddie Phillips
Come Across D: Ray Taylor (P)
Ls: Lina Basquette, Flora Finch, Reed Howes
The Drake Case D: Edward Laemmle (T)
Ls: Gladys Brockwell, Robert Frazer, Forrest Stanley
The Girl on the Barge D: Edward Sloman (P)
Ls: Jean Hersholt, Sally O’Neill, Malcolm McGregor
Girl Overboard D: Wesley Ruggles (P)
Ls: Mary Philbin, Fred Mackaye, Otis Harlan
Hell’s Heroes D: William Wyler (T)
Ls: Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, Maria Alba
His Lucky Day D: Eddie Cline (P)
Ls: Reginald Denny, Otis Harlan, Lorayne Du Val
Hold Your Man D: Emmett J. Flynn (T)
Ls: Laura La Plante, Eugene Borden, Walter Kolk
It Can Be Done D: Fred Newmeyer (P)
Ls: Glenn Tryon, Sue Carol
The Last Performance D: Paul Fejos (P)
Ls: Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt
The Last Warning D: Paul Leni (P)
Ls: Montague Love, Laura La Plante, John Boles, Mack Swain
The Love Trap D: William Wyler (P)
Ls: Neil Hamilton, Laura La Plante
Melody Lane D: Robert F. Hill (T)
Ls: Josephine Dunn, Eddie Leonard, George E. Stone
Modern Love D: Arch Heath (P)
Ls: Charley Chase, Jean Hersholt, Kathryn Crawford
Red Hot Speed D: Joseph E. Henabery (P)
Ls: Reginald Denny, Alice Day, Charles Byer
Shanghai Lady D. John S. Robertson (T)
Ls: Mary Nolan, James Murray, Wheeler Oakman
The Shannons of Broadway D: Emmett J. Flynn (T)
Ls: James Gleason, Mary Philbin, Lucille Webster, Walter Brennan, Slim Summerville
Show Boat D: Harry Pollard (P)
Ls: Otis Harlan, Helen Morgan, Carl Laemmle, Flo Ziegfeld, Joseph Schildkraut, Alma Rubens, Stepin Fetchit
Songs included “Ol’ Man River,” “Look Down That Lonesome Road.”
Skinner Steps Out D: W. J. Craft (T)
Ls: Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy
Tonight at Twelve D: Harry A. Pollard (T)
Ls: Robert Ellis, Madge Bellamy, Margaret Livingston
The Wagon Master D: Harry J. Brown (P)
Ls: Ken Maynard, Edith Roberts Ken Maynard production distributed by Universal.
METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER
All productions except one used Movietone
The Bellamy Trial D: Monta Bell (P)
Ls: Leatrice Joy, Betty Bronson, Margaret Livingston
The Bridge of San Luis Rey D: Charles Brabin (P)
Ls: Lila Damita, Ernest Torrence, Henry B. Walthall
Broadway Melody D: Harry Beaumont (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.
Ls: Charles King, Bessie Love, Anita Page
Songs included “Broadway Melody,” “You Were Meant for
Me,” “Wedding of the Painted Doll,” “Give My Regards to
Broadway.”
Desert Nights D: William Nigh (S)
Ls: John Gilbert, Mary Nolan, Ernest Torrence
Devil-May-Care D: Sidney Franklin (T)
Ls: Ramon Novarro, Marion Harris, John Miljan, Dorothy Jordan
Songs included “Madame Pompadour,” “Why Waste Your Charms.”
The Duke Steps Out D: James Cruze (P)
Ls: William Haines, Joan Crawford, Delmer Daves
Songs included “Just You.”
Dynamite D: Cecil B. DeMille (T)
Ls: Conrad Nagel, Joel McCrea, Charles Bickford, Robert Edeson
The Flying Fleet D: George Hill (S)
Ls: Ramon Novarro, Ralph Novarro, Anita Page
The Great Power D: Joe Rock (P, Bristolphone)
Ls: Minna Gombell, Herschel Mayall
Franklin Warner production distributed by MGM.
Hallelujah! D: King Vidor (T)
Ls: Daniel L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney
Songs included “Swanee Shuffle,” “Waiting at the End of the
Road.”
His Glorious Night D: Lionel Barrymore (T)
Ls: John Gilbert, Nance O’Neil, Catherine Dale Owen
The Hollywood Revue of 1929 D: Charles Reisner (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.
Ls: Conrad Nagel, John Gilbert, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, Bessie Love, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Marion Davies, Nils Asther, William Haines, Buster Keaton, Marie Dressier, Charles King, Jack Benny, Polly Moran, etc.
Songs included “You Were Meant for Me,” “Strike Up the Band.”
It’s a Great Life D: Sam Wood (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.
Ls: The Duncan Sisters, Laurence Gray
Songs included “Smile, smile, smile.”
The Kiss D: Jacques Feyder (S)
Ls: Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, Lew Ayres
A Lady of Chance D: Robert Z. Leonard (P)
Ls: Norma Shearer, Johnny Mack Brown, Lowell Sherman
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney D: Sidney Franklin (P)
Ls: Basil Rathbone, Norma Shearer, Hedda Hopper
Madame X D: Lionel Barrymore (T)
Ls: Ruth Chatterton, Lewis Stone, Sidney Toler, Eugenie Besserer
A Man’s Man D: James Cruze (S)
Ls: William Haines, Josephine Dunn, Mae Busch, Greta Garbo, John Gilbert
Marianne D: Robert Z. Leonard (T)
Ls: Marion Davies, George Baxter, Robert Edeson
Songs included “Hang on to Me.”
The Mysterious Island D: Lucien Hubbard, Maurice Tourneur, Benjamin Christensen (P) Filmed in Technicolor.
Ls: Lionel Barrymore, Montagu Love, Jane Daly, Gibson Gowland
The Pagan D: W. S. Van Dyke (S)
Ls: Ramon Novarro, Donald Crisp, Renée Adorée
The Road Show [ Retitled Chasing Rainbows] D: Charles F. Reisner (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.
Ls: Charles King, Bessie Love, Jack Benny, George K. Arthur, Marie Dressler
Songs included “I Got a Feeling for You.”
So This Is College? D: Sam Wood (T)
Ls: Elliott Nugent, Robert Montgomery, Sally Starr, Polly Moran
The Thirteenth Chair D: Tod Browning (T)
Ls: Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Margaret Wycherley, Bela Lugosi
Tide of Empire D: Allan Dwan (S)
Ls: Renée Adorée, George Fawcett Cosmopolitan production distributed by MGM.
The Trail of ‘98 D: Clarence Brown (S)
Ls: Dolores Del Rio, Ralph Forbes, Harry Carey, Tully Marshall
The Trial of Mary Dugan D: Bayard Veiller (T)
Ls: Norma Shearer, H. B. Warner, Lewis Stone, Lilyan Tashman
Voice of the City D: Willard Mack (T)
Ls: Willard Mack, Robert Ames, Sylvia Field, John Miljan
The Unholy Night D: Lionel Barrymore (T)
Ls: Ernest Torrence, Roland Young, Boris Karloff, Polly Moran, John Miljan, John Loder, Richard Tucker
UNITED ARTISTS
All productions used Movietone
Alibi D: Roland West (T)
Ls: Chester Morris, Mae Busch, Harry Stubbs Feature production distributed by UA.
Bulldog Drummond D: F. Richard Jones (T)
Ls: Ronald Colman, Lilyan Tashman, John Bennett, Montagu Love
Samuel Goldwyn production distributed by UA.
Condemned D: Wesley Ruggles (T)
Ls: Ronald Colman, Louis Wolheim, Dudley Digges, Ann Harding
Samuel Goldwyn production distributed by UA.
Coquette D: Sam Taylor (T)
Ls: Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown Pickford Corporation production distributed by UA.
Eternal Love D: Ernst Lubitsch (S)
Ls: John Barrymore, Victor Varconi, Camilla Horn Feature production distributed by UA.
Evangeline D: Edwin Carewe (S)
Ls: Dolores Del Rio, Alec G. Francis, Roland Drew Edwin Carewe production distributed by UA.
The Iron Mask D: Allan Dwan (P)
Ls: Belle Bennett, Dorothy Revier, Vera Lewis, Rolfe Sedan Elton Corporation production distributed by UA.
Lady of the Pavements D: D. W. Griffith (P)
Ls: Lupe Velez, William Boyd, Jetta Goudal, Henry Armetta
Song: “Where Is the Song of Songs for Me?”
Art Cinema Corporation production distributed by UA.
The Rescue D: Herbert Brenon (S)
Ls: Ronald Colman, Lily Damita, John Davidson Samuel Goldwyn production distributed by UA.
She Goes to War D: Henry King (P)
Ls: Eleanor Boardman, John Holland, Al St. John, Alma Rubens
Inspiration Pictures production distributed by UA.
The Taming of the Shrew D: Sam Taylor (T)
Ls: Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Clyde Cook Pickford-Elton production distributed by UA.
This Is Heaven D: Alfred Santell (P)
Ls: Vilma Banky, James Hall, Richard Tucker Samuel Goldwyn production distributed by UA.
Three Live Ghosts D: Thornton Freeland (T)
Ls: Beryl Mercer, Hilda Vaughn, Joan Bennett, Robert Montgomery, Nancy Price
Joseph M. Schenck production distributed by UA.
The Trespasser D: Edmund Golding (T)
Ls: Gloria Swanson, Robert Ames, H. B. Walthall Gloria production distributed by UA.
COLUMBIA
All productions used Movietone
Acquitted D: Frank R. Strayer (T)
Ls: Lloyd Hughes, Margaret Livingston, Sam Hardy
The Bachelor Girl D: Richard Thorpe (P)
Ls: William Collier, Jacqueline Logan, Thelma Todd
Broadway Scandals D: George Archainbaud (T)
Ls: Carmel Myers, Sally O’Neil, Jack Egan
Songs included “Kickin’ the Blues Away.”
The College Coquette D: George Archainbaud (T)
Ls: William Collier, Ruth Taylor, Jobyna Ralston
The Donovan Affair D: Frank Capra (T)
Ls: Jack Holt, Agnes Ayres, Dorothy Revier
The Fall of Eve D: Frank R. Strayer (T)
Ls: Patsy Ruth Miller, Ford Sterling
Father and Son D: Erle C. Kenton (P)
Ls: Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier, Wheeler Oakman
Flight D: Frank Capra (T)
Ls: Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Lila Lee
The Flying Marine D: Albert Rogell (P)
Ls: Ben Lyon, Jason Robards, Shirley Mason
Hurricane D: Ralph Ince (T)
Ls: Johnny Mack Brown, Hobart Bosworth, Leila Hyams
Light Fingers D: Joseph Henabery (P)
Ls: Dorothy Revier, Ian Keith
The Song of Love D: Erle C. Kenton (T)
Ls: Belle Baker, Ralph Graves
Song: “I’m Somebody’s Baby Now.”
Edward Small production distributed by Columbia Pictures.
The Younger Generation D: Frank Capra (T)
Ls: Jean Hersholt, Lina Basquette, Ricardo Cortez
RKO PATHE EXCHANGE
All productions used Photophone
The Awful Truth D: Marshall Neilan (T)
Ls: Ina Claire, Henry Daniell, Paul Harvey
Big News D: Gregory La Cava (T)
Ls: Robert Armstrong, Carole Lombard
Dance Hall D: Melville Brown (T)
Ls: Olive Borden, Arthur Lake
The Delightful Rogue D: Lynn Shores (T)
Ls: Rod La Rocque, Rita La Roy
The Flying Fool D: Tay Garnett (T)
Ls: William Boyd, Marie Prevost
Song: “If I Had My Way.”
Geraldine D: Melville Brown (P)
Ls: Eddie Quillan, Marion Nixon
Girl of the Port D: Bert Glennon (T)
Ls: Sally O’Neil, Reginald Sharland
The Godless Girl D: Cecil B. DeMille (P)
Ls: Lina Basquette, Marie Prevost, Noah Beery, Eddie Quillan
Half Marriage D: William J. Cowen (T)
Ls: Olive Borden, Morgan Farley, Ken Murray
Song: “After the Clouds Roll By.”
Her Private Affair D: Paul Stein (P)
Ls: Ann Harding, John Loder, Harry Bannister, Kay Hammond
High Voltage D: Howard Higgin (T)
Ls: Owen Moore, William Boud, Carole Lombard, Billy Bevan
Jazz Heaven D: Melville Brown (T)
Ls: Johnny Mack Brown, Sally O’Neil
Leathernecking D: Eddie Cline (P)
Ls: Irene Dunne, Lilyan Tashman, Eddie Foy, Jr., Louise Fazenda, Ned Sparks
Night Parade D: Malcolm St. Clair (T)
Ls: Hugh Trevor, Lloyd Ingraham
The Office Scandal D: Paul L. Stein (P)
Ls: Phyllis Haver, Raymond Hatton, Leslie Fenton, Margaret Livingston
Paris Bound D: Edward H. Griffith (T)
Ls: Ann Harding, Fredric March, Leslie Fenton, Ilka Chase
Red Hot Rhythm D: Leo McCarey (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.
Ls: Alan Hale, Kathryn Crawford, Josephine Dunn, Ilka Chase
Rio Rita D: Luther Reed (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.
Ls: Bebe Daniels, John Boles, Don Alvarado
Songs included “Rio Rita,” “You’re Always in My Arms (But Only in My Dreams).”
Sailor’s Holiday D: Fred Newmeyer (T)
Ls: Alan Hale, Sally Eilers, Marry Carr
Sal of Singapore D: Howard Higgin (P)
Ls: Phyllis Haver, Alan Hale, Noble Johnson
Seven Keys to Baldpate D: Reginald Barker (T)
Ls: Richard Dix, Miriam Seegar, Margaret Livingston
Side Street D: Malcolm St. Clair (T)
Ls: Owen Moore, Tom Moore, Mildred Harris
The Sophomore D: Leo McCarey (T)
Ls: Eddie Quillan, Sally O’Neil
The Spieler D: Tay Garnett (P)
Ls: Alan Hale, Renée Adorée, Clyde Cook
Ralph Block production distributed by Pathe Exchange.
Square Shoulders D: E. Mason Hopper (P)
Ls: Louis Wolheim, Anita Louise
Street Girl D: Wesley Ruggles (T)
Ls: Betty Compson, Ned Sparks, John Harron, Jack Oakie
Syncopation D: Bert Glennon (T)
Ls: Barbara Bennett, Ian Hunter, Bobby Watson
Songs included “Mine Alone.”
Tanned Legs D: Marshall Neilan (T)
Ls: June Clyde, Arthur Lake, Sally Blane
This Thing Called Love D: Paul Stein (T) Some Technicolor scenes.
Ls: Edmund Lowe, Constance Bennett, Zasu Pitts, Roscoe Karns, Stuart Erwin
The Vagabond Lover D: Marshall Neilan (T)
Ls: Rudy Vallee, Sally Blane, Marie Dressler
Songs included “Piccolo Pete.”
The Very Idea D: Richard Rosson (T)
Ls: Sally Blane, Allen Kearns, Jeanne De Bard
FBO (Film Booking Offices)
All productions used Photophone
Idaho Red D: Robert De Lacey (S)
Ls: Tom Tyler, Frankie Darro, Patricia Caron
Love in the Desert D: George Melford (P)
Ls: Noah Beery, Clive Borden, Hugh Trevor
Taxi 13 D: Marshall Neilan (P)
Ls: Chester Conklin, Ethel Wales
TIFFANY-STAHL PRODUCTIONS
All productions used Photophone
Lucky Boy D: Norman Taurog (P)
Ls: George Jessel, Richard Tucker
Songs included “My Mother’s Eyes,” “Lucky Boy.”
Midstream D: James Flood (P)
Ls: Ricardo Cortez, Montagu Lord, Claire Windsor
Mister Antonio D: James Flood (T)
Ls: Leo Carillo, Frank Reicher, Virginia Valli
Molly and Me D: Albert Ray (P)
Ls: Joe E. Brown, Belle Bennett
New Orleans D: Reginald Barker (P)
Ls: Ricardo Cortez, Alma Bennett, William Collier, Jr.
The Voice Within D: George Archainbaud (P)
Ls: Walter Pidgeon, Eve Southern, Montagu Love
Woman to Woman D: Victor Saville (T)
Ls: Betty Compson, George Barraud
TREM CARR PRODUCTIONS
Used various sound systems
Bride of the Desert D: Duke Worne (T, Filmtone)
Ls: LeRoy Mason, Alice Calhoun Distributed by Rayart Pictures.
Handcuffed D: Duke Worne (T, sound system not known)
Ls: Wheeler Oakman, Virginia Brown Faire, Dean Jagger Distributed by Rayart Pictures.
The Phantom in the House D: Phil Rosen (T)
Ls: Ricardo Cortez, Henry B. Walthall, Nancy Welford Distributed by Continental Talking Pictures.
Should a Girl Marry? D: Scott Pembroke (P, Filmtone)
Ls: Helen Foster, Donald Keith, Andy Clyde Distributed by Rayart Pictures.
TRINITY PICTURES
Sound systems not known
Broken Hearted D: Frank S. Mattison (P)
Ls: Agnes Ayres, Eddie Brownell
Bye-Bye Buddy D: Frank S. Mattison (P)
Ls: Agnes Ayres, Buddy Shaw
A Hercules film.
SONO-ART-WORLD WIDE PRODUCTIONS
Sound systems not known
The Great Gabbo D: James Cruze (T) Some sequences in color.
Ls: Erich von Stroheim, Betty Compson
The Talk of Hollywood D: Mark Sandrich (T)
Ls: Nat Carr, Renée Adorée, Hope Sutherland
A Prudence Picture.
MISCELLANEOUS STUDIOS AND COMPANIES
Various sound systems used
Bachelor’s Club D: Noel Mason (S, Photophone)
Ls: Richard Talmadge, Edna Murphy, Barbara Worth Parthenon Pictures production.
Dark Skies D: Harry S. Webb (T, Telefilm)
Ls: Evelyn Brent, Shirley Mason, Wallace MacDonald
Biltmore production.
The House of Secrets D: Edmund Lawrence (T)
Ls: Marcia Manning, Joseph Striker
Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation production.
In Old California D: Burton King (T, Photophone)
Ls: Henry B. Walthall, Helen Ferguson
Audible Pictures production.
The Invaders D: J. P. McGowan (S, sound system not known)
Ls: Bob Steele, Edna Aslin
Big Productions Film Corporation production.
Linda D: Mrs. Wallace Reid (S, Vitaphone)
Ls: Warner Baxter, Noah Beery, Helen Foster
Mrs. Wallace Reid production.
Midnight Daddies D: Mack Sennett (T, Photophone)
Ls: Andy Clyde, Rosemary Theby
Mack Sennett production.
Overland Bound D: Leo Maloney (T, Telefilm)
Ls: Leo Maloney, Jack Perrin, Aliene Ray
Presidio production.
Sea Fury D: George Melford (P, sound system not known)
Ls: Mildred Harris, James Hallet
Tom White production distributed by H. H. Rosenfield.
Sex Madness D: not known (S, sound system not known)
Ls: Jack Richardson, Corliss Palmer
Circle Film Company production distributed by Public Welfare Pictures.
Strange Cargo D: Benjamin Glazer (T, Photophone)
Ls: Lee Patrick, June Nash
Pathe Cargo production.
Unmasked D: Edgar Lewis (T, De Forest Phonofilm)
Ls: Robert Warwick, Milton Krims, Sam Ash, Susan Conroy Weiss Brothers Artclass picture.
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