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Alias Jimmy Valentine
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7803 feet / 82 minutes
Directed by Jack Conway
Cast: William Haines [Jimmy Valentine], Leila Hyams [Rose], Lionel Barrymore [Doyle], Tully Marshall [Avery], Karl Dane [Swede], Howard Hickman [Mr. Lane], Billy Butts [Bobby], Evelyn Mills [the little sister], Johnny Arthur [a barber]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Screenplay by A.P. Younger, with continuity by Sarah Y. Mason, from the play adaptation Alias Jimmy Valentine by Paul Armstrong based on the short story “A Retrieved Reformation” by O. Henry (William Sidney Porter). Set design by Cedric Gibbons. Costume design by David Cox. Song, “Love Dreams,” music by William Axt and David Mendoza (music) with Mort Harris and Raymond Klages (lyrics). Cinematography by Merritt B. Gerstad. Film editor, Sam S. Zimbalist. Intertitles written by Joe Farnham (Joseph Farnham). / © 21 January 1929 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation [LP36]. Premiered 15 November 1928 at the Astor Theatre in New York, New York. General release, 26 January 1929. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (sound version) and [?] Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? (silent version). Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. The play was previously filmed as Alias Jimmy Valentine (1920). / Talking sequences were recorded at the Paramount studio utilizing their equipment. This was the first MGM production with talking sequences. The film was also released in the USA in a silent version at eight reels (7142 feet) by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama: Crime.
Reviews: [Photoplay, April 1929, page 8] The old favorite, revived with William Haines. Good.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 7 May 2025.
References: AFI-F1 n. F1.0046; AFI-F2 n. F2.0078; Geduld-Birth p. 246; Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia p. 196; Sweeney-Coming p. 138 : Website-AFI; Website-Lost.
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