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Scandal
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6635 feet
Directed by Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Laura La Plante [Laura Hunt], Huntley Gordon [Burke Innes], John Boles [Maurice], Jane Winton [Vera], Julia Swayne Gordon [Mrs. Grant], Eddie Phillips [Pancho], Nancy Dover [Janet]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Harry L. Decker. Screenplay by Paul Schofield, with dialogue by Tom Reed and Walter Anthony, from an adaptation by Paul Schofield of the short story “The Haunted Lady” by Adela Rogers St. Johns. Cinematography by Gilbert Warrenton. Film editors, Ray Curtiss and Maurice Pivar. Intertitles written by Walter Anthony. / © 12 April 1929 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP303]. Premiered 20 April 1929 in New York, New York. Released 4 May 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / La Plante’s first sound film. The film was also released in the USA in seven reels (at 6475 feet) by Universal Pictures Corporation on 27 April 1929. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 64.
Survival status: Print exists in the Cineteca Italiana film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Alibis - Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Hotels - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 6 December 2023.
References: Drew-Speaking p. 278; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 64 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb.
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