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The Lion and the Mouse
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Cast: May McAvoy [Shirley Ross], Lionel Barrymore [John Ryder], Alec Francis (Alec B. Francis) [Judge Ross], William Collier Jr. [Jefferson Ryder], Emmett Corrigan [Doctor Hays], Jack Ackroyd [Smith, Jeff’s valet], Audrey Ferris [a young girl]
Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated [A Warner Bros. Production]. / Scenario by Robert Lord, from the play The Lion and the Mouse by Charles Klein. Assistant director, Frank Shaw. Cinematography by Norbert Brodin (Norbert Brodine). Sound recording engineer, George R. Groves. Film editor, Harold McCord. Intertitles written by James A. Starr. / Premiered 15 June 1928 at Warners Theatre in New York, New York. Released 21 May 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version at seven reels by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. The play was previously filmed as The Lion and the Mouse (1919). / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exists in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm positive (minus Vitaphone sound discs)], and in the film holdings of the University of Wisconsin at Madison [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 19 October 2022.
References: Drew-Speaking pp. 112, 132-133, 279 : Website-IMDb.
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