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The Dummy
Also known as Assim Falou o Mudo in Brazil; Mesterdetektiven in Denmark
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 60 minutes
Directed by Robert Milton
Cast: Ruth Chatterton [Agnes Meredith], Fredric March [Trumbull Meredith], John Cromwell [Walter Babbing], Fred Kohler [Joe Cooper], Mickey Bennett [Barney Cook], Vondell Darr [Peggy Meredith], Jack Oakie [Dopey Hart], ZaSu Pitts [Rose Gleason], Richard Tucker [Blackie Baker], Eugene Pallette [Madison], Mickey Daniels [a job applicant], Guy Oliver [the elevator starter]
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Screenplay by Herman J. Mankiewicz, from the play The Dummy by Harvey O’Higgins and Harriet Ford. Production supervision by Hector Turnbull. Assistant director, Morton Whitehill. Cinematography by J. Roy Hunt. Film editor, George Nichols Jr. Intertitles written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Music score by Max Bergunker, Karl Hajos and Oscar Potoker. / Released 9 March 1929. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format. Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Full-sound film.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Kidnapping - Deaf persons - Law: Enforcement: Police: Detectives - Rescues - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 1 May 2014.
References: AFI-F1 n. F1.1120; AFI-F2 n. F2.1474; Schuchman-Hollywood pp. 44, 47, 113 : Website-IMDb.
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