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Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Feature film
Directed by David Butler
Cast: Sue Carol, Lola Lane [Lila Beaumont], Sharon Lynn [Ann Foster], Frank Richardson, Dixie Lee [the lead dancer in the fashion number], David Percy (David Percey), David Rollins, John Breeden [George Shelby], Stepin Fetchit [Swifty], Jackie Cooper [the little boy in the “That’s You, Baby” number], DeWitt Jennings [Jay Darrell], Arthur Stone [Al Leaton], Warren Hymer [Martin], Lita Chevret [Chorine], Archie Gottler [the stage manager], Arthur Kay [the orchestra leader], Mario Dominici [Le Maire], Eugene Jackson [the boy in the “Break Away” number], Harriet Griffith [an adagio dancer], John Griffith [an adagio dancer], Vina Gale [a dancer], June Glory [a dancer], Helen Hunt [a dancer], Charles Huff [a dancer], CeePee Johnson [a dancer], Mae Madison [a dancer], Arthur Springer [a dancer], Adele Fergus [a chorus girl], Bess Flowers [a chorus girl], Beatrice Hagen [a chorus girl], Dorothy Irving [a chorus girl], Adele Lacy [a chorus girl], Betty Recklaw [a chorus girl], Emily Renard [a chorus girl], Robert Burns (Bobby Burns), Melva Cornell, Jeanette Dancey, Mark Hamilton, Paula Langlen, Bettye Junod, Frank La Mont, Henry M. Mollandin, Carolynne Snowden
Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Produced by Sol M. Wurtzel. Dialogue by William K. Wells (Billy K. Wells), from a screen story by David Butler. Costume design by Alice O’Neill and Sophie Wachner. Cinematography by Charles Van Enger. Sound recording engineer, Joseph E. Aiken. Film editor, Ralph Dietrich. Presented by William Fox. / Premiered [?] September? 1929 at the Gaiety Theatre in New York, New York. Released [?] September? 1929. / Grandeur wide-gauge format. Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The first feature to utilize the Grandeur widescreen process. / Full-sound film.
Variety Review.
Survival status: The film is presumed lost.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 15 December 2024.
References: Bardèche-History p. 310; Best-Those p. 40; Bohn-Light p. 184; Edmonds-BigU p. 154 : Variety-19291030 p. 34 : Website-IMDb.
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