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Unknown player (left), James Murray, Barbara Kent and Jack Hanlon.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Shakedown
Also known as In der vierten Runde aber . . . in Austria; O Trapaceiro in Brazil; Pobjeda snage in Croatia; Kadun kasvatti in Finland; L’école du courage in France; Zwischen den Seilen in Germany; Clem, bizzarro monello in Italy; 仮の塒 in Japan; El testaferro in Spain; Hjärtat på rätta stället in Sweden; Pobjeda snage in Yugoslavia
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / [?] 6613 or 6753? feet / 70 minutes
Directed by William Wyler
Cast: James Murray [Dave Roberts], Barbara Kent [Marjorie], George Kotsonaros [‘Battling’ Roff], Wheeler Oakman [the manager], Jack Hanlon [Clem], Harry Gibbon [Dugan, the bouncer]; Harry Tenbrook [the manager’s henchman], Jack Raymond [the salesman], Jack McHugh [the boy that fights Clem], George F. Marion [the screaming fight spectator with white beard], William Wyler [the round card man], Annabelle Magnus, [?] John Huston?
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by Charles A. Logue and Clarence J. Marks, with dialogue by Albert DeMond, from an adaptation by Clarence Marks of a screen story by Charles A. Logue. Music score by Joseph Cherniavsky. Grip, Louie Anderson. Cinematography by Charles Stumar and Jerome Ash. Sound engineer, C. Roy Hunter. Film editor, Lloyd Nosler and Richard Cahoon. Intertitles written by Albert De Mond. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 7 December 1928 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP25907]. Premiered 27 February 1929. Released 10 March 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was also released in the USA in a partially-reshot part-talkie Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format version by Universal Pictures Corporation in 1929. The film was released in Canada on 19 April 1929. The film was released in Australia in June 1929. The film was released in Germany as Zwischen den Seilen by Deutsche Universal-Film in 1929. The film was released in the United Kingdom in August 1929. The film was released in Sweden as Hjärtat på rätta stället on 1 November 1929. The film was released in Croatia as Pobjeda snage on 19 November 1929. The film was released in Ireland on 20 December 1929. The film was released in Denmark on 3 February 1930. The film was released in Finland as Kadun kasvatti on 3 February 1930. The film was released in France as L’école du courage on 9 May 1930. The film was released in Austria as In der vierten Runde aber . . . in 1930. The film was released in Italy as Clem, bizzarro monello on 15 June 1932. / Silent film.
Drama.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 64.
Survival status: Prints exist in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm duplicate negative (struck 1998 from 16mm reduction positive)]; and in the Cineteca Italiana film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Athletes: Boxers - Orphans - Restaurants: Waitresses - Sports: Boxing - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 30 January 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Hirschhorn-Universal p. 64 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-GEM; Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc; DVD.
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