The Birth of the Talkies
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HOLLYWOOD SOUND FEATURE FILMS

PRODUCED IN 1929

Abbreviations:

(T) all-talking film

(P) part-talkie

(S) synchronized sound film, usually only sound effects and/or music

D director

Ls leading stars

WARNER BROS.

All productions used Vitaphone

The Aviator D: Roy Del Ruth (T)

Ls: Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller

Conquest D: Roy Del Ruth (T)

Ls: H. B. Warner, Monte Blue, Lois Warner, Tully Marshall

The Desert Song D: Roy Del Ruth (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.

Ls: John Boles, Carlotta King, Louise Fazenda, Myrna Loy, John Miljan

Evidence D: John G. Adolfi (T)

Ls: Pauline Frederick, Conway Tearle, Lowell Sherman, Myrna Loy

Fancy Baggage D: John G. Adolfi (P)

Ls: Myrna Loy, George Fawcett, Audrey Ferris

From Headquarters D: Howard Bretherton (P)

Ls: Henry B. Walthall, Monte Blue, Guinn Williams

Frozen River D: F. Harmon Weight (P)

Ls: Rin-Tin-Tin, Davey Lee, Josef Swickard

The Gamblers D: Michael Curtiz (T)

Ls: H. B. Warner, Lois Wilson, Jason Robards

General Crack D: Alan Crosland (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.

Ls: John Barrymore, Philippe De Lacy, Lowell Sherman, Hobart Bosworth

The Glad Rag Doll D: Michael Curtiz (T)

Ls: Dolores Costello, Ralph Graves, Audrey Ferris

Gold Diggers of Broadway D: Roy Del Ruth (T) In Technicolor.

Ls: Lilyan Tashman, Nancy Welford, Conway Tearle Songs included “Tiptoe through the Tulips,” “Painting the Clouds with Sunshine.”

Greyhound Limited D: Howard Bretherton (P)

Ls: Monte Blue, Grant Withers, Edna Murphy

Hardboiled Rose D: F. Harmon Weight (P)

Ls: Myrna Loy, John Miljan, William Collier, Jr.

Hearts in Exile D: Michael Curtiz (T)

Ls: Dolores Costello, Grant Withers, James Kirkwood

Honky Tonk D: Lloyd Bacon (T)

Ls: Sophie Tucker, Audrey Ferris, Lila Lee

Songs included “He’s a Good Man to Have Around,” “I’m the Last of the Red-Hot Mammas.”

The Hottentot D: Roy Del Ruth (T)

Ls: Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller

In the Headlines D: John G. Adolfi (T)

Ls: Grant Withers, Marion Nixon

Is Everybody Happy? D: Archie Mayo (T)

Ls: Ted Lewis, Alice Day

Songs included “Tiger Rag,” “St. Louis Blues.”

Kid Gloves D: Ray Enright (P)

Ls: Lois Wilson, Conrad Nagel

The Little Wildcat D: Ray Enright (P)

Ls: Robert Edeson, Audrey Ferris, George Fawcett, James Murray

The Madonna of Avenue A D: Michael Curtiz (P)

Ls: Dolores Costello, Grant Withers, Louise Dresser

The Million Dollar Collar D: D. Ross Lederman (P)

Ls: Rin-Tin-Tin, Evelyn Pierce, Matty Kemp

No Defense D: Lloyd Bacon (P)

Ls: May McAvoy, Monte Blue, Kathryn Carver

Noah’s Ark D: Michael Curtiz (S)

Ls: Dolores Costello, Noah Beery, George O’Brien, Myrna Loy, Louise Fazenda

On with the Show D: Alan Crosland (P) “Prismatic” color film

Ls: Betty Compson, Ethel Waters, Joe E. Brown, Louise Fazenda, Wheeler Oakman, Arthur Lake Songs included “Am I Blue?”

One Stolen Night D: R. Scott Dunlap (P)

Ls: Betty Bronson, Mitchell Lewis, William Collier, Jr.

Queen of the Night Clubs D: Bryan Foy (T)

Ls: Texas Guinan, Lila Lee, Eddie Foy, Jr., John Davidson, George Raft

The Royal Box D: Bryan Foy (T)

Ls: Alexander Moissi, Camilla Horn, Lew Hearn

The Sap D: Archie Mayo

Ls: Edward Everett Horton, Alan Hale, Patsy Ruth Miller, Franklin Pangborn

Say It with Songs D: Lloyd Bacon (T)

Ls: Al Jolson, Davey Lee, Marion Nixon.

Songs included “One Sweet Kiss,” “Back in Your Own Backyard.”

The Show of Shows D: John G. Adolfi (T) Technicolor

Ls: Frank Fay, H. B. Warner, Hobart Bosworth, Marion Nixon, Myrna Loy, Patsy Ruth Miller, Ben Turpin, Lupino Lane, Noah Beery, Tully Marshall, Carmel Myers, Lloyd Hamilton, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Bull Montana, John Barrymore, Richard Barthelmess, Sally Blane, Dolores Costello, Betty Compson, Helene Costello, Beatrice Lillie, Monte Blue, Loretta Young, Rin-Tin-Tin, etc., etc.

Songs included “You Were Meant for Me,” “Rock-A-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody.”

Skin Deep D: Ray Enright (T)

Ls: Monte Blue, Betty Compson, Davey Lee, Tully Marshall

Sonny Boy D: Archie Mayo (P)

Ls: Davey Lee, Betty Bronson, Edward Everett Horton

Stark Mad D: Lloyd Bacon (T)

Ls: H. B. Warner, Henry B. Walthall, Louise Fazenda, Jacqueline Logan, John Miljan

Stolen Kisses D: Ray Enright (P)

Ls: May McAvoy, Hallam Cooley

Tiger Rose D: Sidney A. Franklin (T)

Ls: Lenore Ulric, Forrest Stanley, Andre de Peranger

The Time, the Place and the Girl D: Howard Bretherton (T)

Ls: Betty Compson, Grant Withers

Songs included “Doin’ the Raccoon,” “I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now.”

FIRST NATIONAL

All productions used Vitaphone

Broadway Babies D: Mervyn LeRoy (P)

Ls: Alice White, Charles Delaney

Careers D: John Francis Dillon (P)

Ls: Billie Dove, Noah Beery, Carmel Myers, Antonio Moreno

The Careless Age D: John Griffith Wray (T)

Ls: Carmel Myers, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Loretta Young

Children of the Ritz D: John Francis Dillon (S)

Ls: Jack Mulhall, Dorothy Mackail

Dark Streets D: Frank Lloyd (T)

Ls: Jack Mulhall, Lila Lee

The Divine Lady D: Frank Lloyd (S)

Ls: Corinne Griffith, Victor Varconi, H. B. Warner, Marie

Dressler, Montague Love

Drag D: Frank Lloyd (T)

Ls: Richard Barthelmess, Lucien Littlefield

Fast Life D: John Francis Dillon (T)

Ls: Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Chester Morris

Footlights and Fools D: William A. Seiter (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.

Ls: Fredric March, Colleen Moore

The Forward Pass D: Eddie Cline (T)

Ls: Loretta Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

The Girl from Woolworth’s D: William Beaudine (T)

Ls: Alice White, Charles Delaney, Wheeler Oakman

The Girl in the Glass Cage D: Ralph Dawson (P)

Ls: Loretta Young, Ralph Lewis, Carroll Nye

Hard to Get D: William Beaudine (T)

Ls: Dorothy Mackail, James Finlayson, Louise Fazenda

Her Private Life D: Alexander Korda (T)

Ls: Billie Dove, Walter Pidgeon, Roland Young, Montague

Love, Zasu Pitts, Thelma Todd

His Captive Woman D: George Fitzmaurice (P)

Ls: Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackail

The House of Horror D: Benjamin Christensen (P)

Ls: Louise Fazenda, James Ford, Chester Conklin, Dale Fuller

Isle of Lost Ships D: Irvin Willat (T)

Ls: Jason Robards, Virginia Valli

The Man and the Moment D: George Fitzmaurice (P)

Ls: Rod La Rocque, Billie Dove

A Most Immoral Lady D: John Griffith Wray (T)

Ls: Walter Pidgeon, Sidney Blackmer, Leatrice Joy, Montagu Love, Robert Edeson

Naughty Baby D: Mervyn LeRoy (S)

Ls: Jack Mulhall, Alice White, Thelma Todd

Prisoners D: William A. Seiter (P)

Ls: Corinne Griffith, Ian Keith, Bela Lugosi

Walter Morosco Production distributed by First National.

Sally D: Alfred E. Green (T)

Ls: Colleen Moore, Leon Errol, Lloyd Hughes

Saturday’s Children D: Gregory La Cava (P)

Ls: Grant Withers, Corinne Griffith

Walter Morosco Production distributed by First National.

Seven Footprints to Satan D: Benjamin Christensen (P)

Ls: Sheldon Lewis, Thelma Todd

Smiling Irish Eyes D: William A. Seiter (T)

Ls: Colleen Moore, James Hall, Robert Homans

Songs included “Smiling Irish Eyes.”

The Squall D: Alexander Korda (T)

Ls: Myrna Loy, Richard Tucker, Alice Joyce, Loretta Young, Zasu Pitts

Twin Beds D: Alfred Santell (T)

Ls: Patsy Ruth Miller, Jack Mulhall, Zasu Pitts

Two Weeks Off D: William Beaudine (P)

Ls: Jack Mulhall, Dorothy Mackail, Gertrude Astor

Weary River D: Frank Lloyd (P)

Ls: Richard Barthelmess, Betty Compson

Young Nowheres D: Frank Lloyd (T)

Ls: Richard Barthelmess, Marion Nixon

FOX FILM CORPORATION

All productions used Movietone

Behind That Curtain D: Irving Cummings (T)

Ls: Warner Baxter, Lois Moran, Boris Karloff

Big Time D: Kenneth Hawks (T)

Ls: Lee Tracy, Mae Clark, Daphne Pollard, Stepin Fetchit, John Ford (playing himself)

Black Magic D: George B. Seitz (S)

Ls: Henry B. Walthall, Josephine Dunn, Earle Fox, John Holland

Blue Skies D: Alfred L. Werker (S)

Ls: Helen Twelvetrees, Frank Albertson, Claude King

Captain Lash D: John Blystone (S)

Ls: Victor McLaglen, Claire Windsor, Clyde Cook

Chasing through Europe D: David Butler (P)

Ls: Sue Carol, Nick Stuart

Christina D: William K. Howard (P)

Ls: Janet Gaynor, Charles Morton

The Cockeyed World D: Raoul Walsh (T)

Ls: Victor McLaglen, Lily Damita, Edmund Lowe

The Exalted Flapper D: James Tinling (S)

Ls: Barry Norton, Sue Carol, Irene Rich, Stuart Erwin

The Far Call D: Allan Dwan (S)

Ls: Leila Hyams, Charles Morton, Arthur Stone, Randolph Scott

Four Devils D: F. W. Murnau (P)

Ls: Farrell MacDonald, Claire McDowell, Janet Gaynor

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 D: David Butler (T)

Ls: Lola Lane, John Breeden, Dixie Lee

Frozen Justice D: Allan Dwan (T)

Ls: Louis Wolheim, Robert Frazer, Lenore Ulric

Fugitives D: William Beaudine (S)

Ls: Don Terry, Madge Bellamy, Arthur Stone

The Ghost Talks D: Lewis Seiler (T)

Ls: Helen Twelvetrees, Stepin Fetchit, Carmel Myers

The Girl from Havana D: Benjamin Stoloff (T)

Ls: Lola Lane, Paul Page

Girls Gone Wild D: Lewis Seiler (S)

Ls: Sue Carol, Nick Stuart, Hedda Hopper

Hearts in Dixie D: Paul Sloane (T)

Ls: Clarence Muse, Eugene Jackson, Stepin Fetchit

Homesick D: Henry Lehrman (S)

Ls: Sammy Cohen, Marjorie Beebe, Henry Armetta

Hot for Paris D: Raoul Walsh (T)

Ls: Victor McLaglen, El Brendel, Fifi D’Orsay

Joy Street D: Raymond Cannon (S)

Ls: Lois Moran, Nick Stuart

Love, Live and Laugh D: William K. Howard (T)

Ls: George Jessel, Lila Lee

Making the Grade D: Alfred E. Green (P)

Ls: Lois Moran, Edmund Lowe

Masked Emotions D: David Butler (S)

Ls: George O’Brien, Nora Lane

Masquerade D: Russell J. Birdwell (T)

Ls: Leila Hyams, Alan Birmingham, Clyde Cook

Nix on Dames D: Donald Gallaher (T)

Ls: Mae Clark, Robert Ames, William Harrigan

Not Quite Decent D: Irving Cummings (P)

Ls: Louise Dresser, Allan Lane, June Collyer

The One Woman Idea D: Berthold Viertel (S)

Ls: Rod La Rocque, Marceline Day

Pleasure Crazed D: Donald Gallaher (T)

Ls: Dorothy Burgess, Marguerite Churchill, Kenneth Mac-Kenna

Protection D: Benjamin Stoloff (S)

Ls: Dorothy Burgess, Robert Elliott, Paul Page

Red Wine D: Raymond Cannon (S)

Ls: Conrad Nagel, June Collyer, Arthur Stone

Romance of the Rio Grande D: Alfred Santell (T)

Ls: Warner Baxter, Mary Duncan, Antonio Moreno

Romance of the Underworld D: Irving Cummings (S)

Ls: Mary Astor, Ben Bard, John Boles

Salute D: John Ford (T)

Ls: Helen Chandler, George O’Brien, Frank Albertson

Seven Faces D: Berthold Viertel (T)

Ls: Paul Muni, Marguerite Churchill, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Eugenie Besserer

The Sin Sister D: Charles Klein (S)

Ls: Nancy Carroll, Josephine Dunn, Lawrence Gray

The Sky Hawk D: John G. Blystone (T)

Ls: Helen Chandler, John Garrick, Billy Bevan

A Song of Kentucky D: Lewis Seiler (T)

Ls: Lois Moran, Joseph Wagstaff

South Sea Rose D: Allan Dwan (T)

Ls: Charles Bickford, Lenore Ulric

Strong Boy D: John Ford (S)

Ls: Victor McLaglen, Leatrice Joy, Slim Summerville, Clyde Cook

Sunny Side Up D: David Butler (T)

Ls: Charles Farrell, Janet Gaynor, El Brendel

They Had to See Paris D: Frank Borzage (T)

Ls: Will Rogers, Irene Rich

Thru Different Eyes D: John G. Blystone (T)

Ls: Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe, Mary Duncan

The Valiant D: William K. Howard (P)

Ls: Paul Muni, Johnny Mack Brown

Why Leave Home? D: Raymond Cannon (T)

Ls: Dixie Lee, Nick Stuart, Sue Carol, Walter Catlett, Ilka Chase

Words and Music D: James Tinling (T)

Ls: Lois Moran, Helen Twelvetrees, David Percy, Ward Bond

Songs included “Too Wonderful for Words.”

PARAMOUNT-FAMOUS PLAYERS-LASKY

All productions used Movietone

Applause D: Rouben Mamoulian (T)

Ls: Helen Morgan, Fuller Mellish, Jr., Joan Peers

Songs included “What Wouldn’t I Do for that Man?”

The Battle of Paris D: Robert Florey (T)

Ls: Gertrude Lawrence, Charles Ruggles, Arthur Treacher

Betrayal D: Lewis Milestone (S)

Ls: Emile Jannings, Gary Cooper, Esther Ralston

The Canary Murder Case D: Malcolm St. Clair

Ls: William Powell, Louise Brooks, Jean Arthur

The Carnation Kid D: E. Mason Hopper (P)

Ls: Francis Lee, Douglas McLean

Christie Film Company production distributed by Paramount.

Chinatown Nights D: William Wellman (T)

Ls: Wallace Beery, Florence Vidor, Warner Oland, Jack Oakie

Close Harmony D: John Cromwell (T)

Ls: Nancy Carroll, “Buddy” Rogers, Jack Oakie

The Cocoanuts D: Joseph Santley and Robert Florey (T)

Ls: The Marx Brothers, Margaret Dumont

The Dance of Life D: John Cromwell (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.

Ls: Nancy Carroll, Hal Skelly, Dorothy Revier

Dangerous Curves D: Lothar Mendes (T)

Ls: Richard Arlen, Clara Bow, Kay Francis

A Dangerous Woman D: Rowland V. Lee (T)

Ls: Clive Brook, Baclanova, Neil Hamilton, Clyde Cook

Darkened Rooms D: Louis Gasnier (T)

Ls: Evelyn Brent, Neil Hamilton, Doris Hill

Divorce Made Easy D: Walter Graham (T)

Ls: Marie Prevost, Douglas McLean, Johnny Arthur Christie Film Company production distributed by Paramount.

The Doctor’s Secret D: William C. DeMille (T)

Ls: Ruth Chatterton, H. B. Warner, John Loder, Nancy Price

The Dummy D: Robert Milton (T)

Ls: Fredric March, Ruth Chatterton, Jack Oakie, Zasu Pitts, John Cromwell, Richard Tucker, Eugene Pallette

Fashions in Love D: Victor Schertzinger (T)

Ls: Adolphe Menjou, Fay Compton, Miriam Seegar, John Miljan

Four Feathers D: Merian C. Cooper, Ernst B. Schoedsack, Lothar Mendes (S)

Ls: Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Clive Brook, William Powell, Noah Beery

Gentlemen of the Press D: Millard Webb (T)

Ls: Walter Huston, Charles Ruggles, Katherine Francis

Glorifying the American Girl D: Millard Webb (T) Technicolor scenes.

Ls: Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan, Rudy Vallee, Flo Ziegfeld, Otto Kahn, Ring Lardner, Adolph Zukor, Mayor Jimmy Walker, Texas Guinan, Johnny Weissmuller

Songs included “Blue Skies,” “I’m Just a Vagabond Lover.”

The Greene Murder Case D: Frank Tuttle (T)

Ls: William Powell, Florence Eldridge, Jean Arthur, Eugene Pallette

Halfway to Heaven D: George Abbott (T)

Ls: “Buddy” Rogers, Paul Lukas, Jean Arthur

Illusion D: Lothar Mendes (T)

Ls: “Buddy” Rogers, Nancy Carroll, Kay Francis, Eugenie Besserer, Regis Toomey

Innocents of Paris D: Richard Wallace (T)

Ls: Maurice Chevalier, Sylvia Beecher, George Fawcett

Songs included “Louise,” “Wait Till You See My Cherie.”

Jealousy D: Jean De Limur (T)

Ls: Jeanne Eagels, Fredric March, Henry Daniell

The Kibitzer D: Edward Sloman (T)

Ls: Harry Green, Neil Hamilton, Mary Brian

The Lady Lies D: Hobart Henley (T)

Ls: Walter Huston, Claudette Colbert, Charles Ruggles

The Letter D: Jean De Limur (T)

Ls: Jeanne Eagels, O. P. Heggie, Reginald Owen, Herbert Marshall

The Love Doctor D: Melville Brown (T)

Ls: Richard Dix, June Collyer

The Love Parade D: Ernst Lubitsch (T)

Ls: Maurice Chevalier, Jeannette MacDonald, Lupino Lane, Eugene Pallette, Ben Turpin

Songs included “Dream Lover,” “My Love Parade.”

The Man I Love D: William Wellman (T)

Ls: Richard Arlen, Jack Oakie, Mary Brian

Men Are Like That D: Frank Tuttle (T)

Ls: Hal Skelly, Doris Hill

Nothing but the Truth D: Victor Schertzinger (T)

Ls: Richard Dix, Berton Churchill, Ned Sparks, Helen Kane

Pointed Heels D: Edward Sutherland (T)Some sequences in Technicolor.

Ls: Fay Wray, Helen Kane, William Powell, Phillips Holmes, Eugene Pallette

The Rainbow Man D: Fred Newmeyer (T)

Ls: Eddie Dowling, Frankie Darrow, Marion Nixon, George Hayes

Sono-Art production distributed by Paramount.

Redskin D: Victor Schertzinger (S) Some sequences in Technicolor.

Ls: Tully Marshall, Richard Dix, Gladys Belmont

The Return of Sherlock Holmes D: Basil Dean (T)

Ls: Clive Brook, Betty Lawford, Phillips Holmes

River of Romance D: Richard Wallace (T)

Ls: “Buddy” Rogers, June Collyer, Mary Brian, Wallace Beery, Henry B. Walthall

The Saturday Night Kid D: Edward Sutherland (T)

Ls: Clara Bow, James Hall, Jean Arthur, Edna May Oliver, Jean Harlow

The Shopworn Angel D: Richard Wallace (P)

Ls: Gary Cooper, Nancy Carroll, Paul Lukas, Roscoe Karns

The Studio Murder Mystery D: Frank Tuttle (T)

Ls: Neil Hamilton, Fredric March, Doris Hill, Warner Oland, Florence Eldridge, Chester Conklin, Eugene Pallette

Sweetie D: Frank Tuttle (T)

Ls: Helen Kane, Jack Oakie, Nancy Carroll, Stuart Erwin

Songs included “Sweeter than Sweet.”

Thunderbolt D: Josef von Sternberg (T)

Ls: George Bancroft, Richard Arlen, Fay Wray, Tully Marshall

The Virginian D: Victor Fleming (T)

Ls: Gary Cooper, Walter Huston, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian

Welcome Danger D: Clyde Bruckman (T)

Ls: Harold Lloyd, Barbara Kent

The Wheel of Life D: Victor Schertzinger (T)

Ls: Richard Dix, Esther Ralston, O. P. Heggie

Why Bring That Up? D: George Abbott (T)

Ls: Evelyn Brent, Charles E. Mack, Harry Green

The Wild Party D: Dorothy Arzner (T)

Ls: Clara Bow, Fredric March, Joyce Compton, Jack Oakie

The Wolf of Wall Street D: Rowland V. Lee (T)

Ls: George Bancroft, Paul Lukas, Nancy Carroll, Baclanova

Wolf Song D: Victor Fleming (S)

Ls: Gary Cooper, Lupe Velez, Louis Wolheim

UNIVERSAL

All productions used Movietone.

Barnum Was Right D: Del Lord (T)

Ls: Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy, Otis Harlan

Broadway D: Paul Fejos (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.

Ls: Evelyn Brent, Merna Kennedy, Glenn Tryon

Clear the Decks D: Joseph E. Henabery (P)

Ls: Reginald Denny, Olive Hasbrouck, Lucien Littlefield

The Cohens and the Kellys in Atlantic City D: W. J. Craft (P)

Ls: George Sidney, Mack Swain, Vera Gordon

College Love D: Nat Ross (T)

Ls: George Lewis, Eddie Phillips

Come Across D: Ray Taylor (P)

Ls: Lina Basquette, Flora Finch, Reed Howes

The Drake Case D: Edward Laemmle (T)

Ls: Gladys Brockwell, Robert Frazer, Forrest Stanley

The Girl on the Barge D: Edward Sloman (P)

Ls: Jean Hersholt, Sally O’Neill, Malcolm McGregor

Girl Overboard D: Wesley Ruggles (P)

Ls: Mary Philbin, Fred Mackaye, Otis Harlan

Hell’s Heroes D: William Wyler (T)

Ls: Charles Bickford, Raymond Hatton, Maria Alba

His Lucky Day D: Eddie Cline (P)

Ls: Reginald Denny, Otis Harlan, Lorayne Du Val

Hold Your Man D: Emmett J. Flynn (T)

Ls: Laura La Plante, Eugene Borden, Walter Kolk

It Can Be Done D: Fred Newmeyer (P)

Ls: Glenn Tryon, Sue Carol

The Last Performance D: Paul Fejos (P)

Ls: Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt

The Last Warning D: Paul Leni (P)

Ls: Montague Love, Laura La Plante, John Boles, Mack Swain

The Love Trap D: William Wyler (P)

Ls: Neil Hamilton, Laura La Plante

Melody Lane D: Robert F. Hill (T)

Ls: Josephine Dunn, Eddie Leonard, George E. Stone

Modern Love D: Arch Heath (P)

Ls: Charley Chase, Jean Hersholt, Kathryn Crawford

Red Hot Speed D: Joseph E. Henabery (P)

Ls: Reginald Denny, Alice Day, Charles Byer

Shanghai Lady D. John S. Robertson (T)

Ls: Mary Nolan, James Murray, Wheeler Oakman

The Shannons of Broadway D: Emmett J. Flynn (T)

Ls: James Gleason, Mary Philbin, Lucille Webster, Walter Brennan, Slim Summerville

Show Boat D: Harry Pollard (P)

Ls: Otis Harlan, Helen Morgan, Carl Laemmle, Flo Ziegfeld, Joseph Schildkraut, Alma Rubens, Stepin Fetchit

Songs included “Ol’ Man River,” “Look Down That Lonesome Road.”

Skinner Steps Out D: W. J. Craft (T)

Ls: Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy

Tonight at Twelve D: Harry A. Pollard (T)

Ls: Robert Ellis, Madge Bellamy, Margaret Livingston

The Wagon Master D: Harry J. Brown (P)

Ls: Ken Maynard, Edith Roberts Ken Maynard production distributed by Universal.

METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER

All productions except one used Movietone

The Bellamy Trial D: Monta Bell (P)

Ls: Leatrice Joy, Betty Bronson, Margaret Livingston

The Bridge of San Luis Rey D: Charles Brabin (P)

Ls: Lila Damita, Ernest Torrence, Henry B. Walthall

Broadway Melody D: Harry Beaumont (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.

Ls: Charles King, Bessie Love, Anita Page

Songs included “Broadway Melody,” “You Were Meant for

Me,” “Wedding of the Painted Doll,” “Give My Regards to

Broadway.”

Desert Nights D: William Nigh (S)

Ls: John Gilbert, Mary Nolan, Ernest Torrence

Devil-May-Care D: Sidney Franklin (T)

Ls: Ramon Novarro, Marion Harris, John Miljan, Dorothy Jordan

Songs included “Madame Pompadour,” “Why Waste Your Charms.”

The Duke Steps Out D: James Cruze (P)

Ls: William Haines, Joan Crawford, Delmer Daves

Songs included “Just You.”

Dynamite D: Cecil B. DeMille (T)

Ls: Conrad Nagel, Joel McCrea, Charles Bickford, Robert Edeson

The Flying Fleet D: George Hill (S)

Ls: Ramon Novarro, Ralph Novarro, Anita Page

The Great Power D: Joe Rock (P, Bristolphone)

Ls: Minna Gombell, Herschel Mayall

Franklin Warner production distributed by MGM.

Hallelujah! D: King Vidor (T)

Ls: Daniel L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney

Songs included “Swanee Shuffle,” “Waiting at the End of the

Road.”

His Glorious Night D: Lionel Barrymore (T)

Ls: John Gilbert, Nance O’Neil, Catherine Dale Owen

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 D: Charles Reisner (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.

Ls: Conrad Nagel, John Gilbert, Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer, Lionel Barrymore, Bessie Love, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Marion Davies, Nils Asther, William Haines, Buster Keaton, Marie Dressier, Charles King, Jack Benny, Polly Moran, etc.

Songs included “You Were Meant for Me,” “Strike Up the Band.”

It’s a Great Life D: Sam Wood (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.

Ls: The Duncan Sisters, Laurence Gray

Songs included “Smile, smile, smile.”

The Kiss D: Jacques Feyder (S)

Ls: Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, Lew Ayres

A Lady of Chance D: Robert Z. Leonard (P)

Ls: Norma Shearer, Johnny Mack Brown, Lowell Sherman

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney D: Sidney Franklin (P)

Ls: Basil Rathbone, Norma Shearer, Hedda Hopper

Madame X D: Lionel Barrymore (T)

Ls: Ruth Chatterton, Lewis Stone, Sidney Toler, Eugenie Besserer

A Man’s Man D: James Cruze (S)

Ls: William Haines, Josephine Dunn, Mae Busch, Greta Garbo, John Gilbert

Marianne D: Robert Z. Leonard (T)

Ls: Marion Davies, George Baxter, Robert Edeson

Songs included “Hang on to Me.”

The Mysterious Island D: Lucien Hubbard, Maurice Tourneur, Benjamin Christensen (P) Filmed in Technicolor.

Ls: Lionel Barrymore, Montagu Love, Jane Daly, Gibson Gowland

The Pagan D: W. S. Van Dyke (S)

Ls: Ramon Novarro, Donald Crisp, Renée Adorée

The Road Show [ Retitled Chasing Rainbows] D: Charles F. Reisner (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.

Ls: Charles King, Bessie Love, Jack Benny, George K. Arthur, Marie Dressler

Songs included “I Got a Feeling for You.”

So This Is College? D: Sam Wood (T)

Ls: Elliott Nugent, Robert Montgomery, Sally Starr, Polly Moran

The Thirteenth Chair D: Tod Browning (T)

Ls: Conrad Nagel, Leila Hyams, Margaret Wycherley, Bela Lugosi

Tide of Empire D: Allan Dwan (S)

Ls: Renée Adorée, George Fawcett Cosmopolitan production distributed by MGM.

The Trail of ‘98 D: Clarence Brown (S)

Ls: Dolores Del Rio, Ralph Forbes, Harry Carey, Tully Marshall

The Trial of Mary Dugan D: Bayard Veiller (T)

Ls: Norma Shearer, H. B. Warner, Lewis Stone, Lilyan Tashman

Voice of the City D: Willard Mack (T)

Ls: Willard Mack, Robert Ames, Sylvia Field, John Miljan

The Unholy Night D: Lionel Barrymore (T)

Ls: Ernest Torrence, Roland Young, Boris Karloff, Polly Moran, John Miljan, John Loder, Richard Tucker

UNITED ARTISTS

All productions used Movietone

Alibi D: Roland West (T)

Ls: Chester Morris, Mae Busch, Harry Stubbs Feature production distributed by UA.

Bulldog Drummond D: F. Richard Jones (T)

Ls: Ronald Colman, Lilyan Tashman, John Bennett, Montagu Love

Samuel Goldwyn production distributed by UA.

Condemned D: Wesley Ruggles (T)

Ls: Ronald Colman, Louis Wolheim, Dudley Digges, Ann Harding

Samuel Goldwyn production distributed by UA.

Coquette D: Sam Taylor (T)

Ls: Mary Pickford, Johnny Mack Brown Pickford Corporation production distributed by UA.

Eternal Love D: Ernst Lubitsch (S)

Ls: John Barrymore, Victor Varconi, Camilla Horn Feature production distributed by UA.

Evangeline D: Edwin Carewe (S)

Ls: Dolores Del Rio, Alec G. Francis, Roland Drew Edwin Carewe production distributed by UA.

The Iron Mask D: Allan Dwan (P)

Ls: Belle Bennett, Dorothy Revier, Vera Lewis, Rolfe Sedan Elton Corporation production distributed by UA.

Lady of the Pavements D: D. W. Griffith (P)

Ls: Lupe Velez, William Boyd, Jetta Goudal, Henry Armetta

Song: “Where Is the Song of Songs for Me?”

Art Cinema Corporation production distributed by UA.

The Rescue D: Herbert Brenon (S)

Ls: Ronald Colman, Lily Damita, John Davidson Samuel Goldwyn production distributed by UA.

She Goes to War D: Henry King (P)

Ls: Eleanor Boardman, John Holland, Al St. John, Alma Rubens

Inspiration Pictures production distributed by UA.

The Taming of the Shrew D: Sam Taylor (T)

Ls: Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Clyde Cook Pickford-Elton production distributed by UA.

This Is Heaven D: Alfred Santell (P)

Ls: Vilma Banky, James Hall, Richard Tucker Samuel Goldwyn production distributed by UA.

Three Live Ghosts D: Thornton Freeland (T)

Ls: Beryl Mercer, Hilda Vaughn, Joan Bennett, Robert Montgomery, Nancy Price

Joseph M. Schenck production distributed by UA.

The Trespasser D: Edmund Golding (T)

Ls: Gloria Swanson, Robert Ames, H. B. Walthall Gloria production distributed by UA.

COLUMBIA

All productions used Movietone

Acquitted D: Frank R. Strayer (T)

Ls: Lloyd Hughes, Margaret Livingston, Sam Hardy

The Bachelor Girl D: Richard Thorpe (P)

Ls: William Collier, Jacqueline Logan, Thelma Todd

Broadway Scandals D: George Archainbaud (T)

Ls: Carmel Myers, Sally O’Neil, Jack Egan

Songs included “Kickin’ the Blues Away.”

The College Coquette D: George Archainbaud (T)

Ls: William Collier, Ruth Taylor, Jobyna Ralston

The Donovan Affair D: Frank Capra (T)

Ls: Jack Holt, Agnes Ayres, Dorothy Revier

The Fall of Eve D: Frank R. Strayer (T)

Ls: Patsy Ruth Miller, Ford Sterling

Father and Son D: Erle C. Kenton (P)

Ls: Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier, Wheeler Oakman

Flight D: Frank Capra (T)

Ls: Jack Holt, Ralph Graves, Lila Lee

The Flying Marine D: Albert Rogell (P)

Ls: Ben Lyon, Jason Robards, Shirley Mason

Hurricane D: Ralph Ince (T)

Ls: Johnny Mack Brown, Hobart Bosworth, Leila Hyams

Light Fingers D: Joseph Henabery (P)

Ls: Dorothy Revier, Ian Keith

The Song of Love D: Erle C. Kenton (T)

Ls: Belle Baker, Ralph Graves

Song: “I’m Somebody’s Baby Now.”

Edward Small production distributed by Columbia Pictures.

The Younger Generation D: Frank Capra (T)

Ls: Jean Hersholt, Lina Basquette, Ricardo Cortez

RKO PATHE EXCHANGE

All productions used Photophone

The Awful Truth D: Marshall Neilan (T)

Ls: Ina Claire, Henry Daniell, Paul Harvey

Big News D: Gregory La Cava (T)

Ls: Robert Armstrong, Carole Lombard

Dance Hall D: Melville Brown (T)

Ls: Olive Borden, Arthur Lake

The Delightful Rogue D: Lynn Shores (T)

Ls: Rod La Rocque, Rita La Roy

The Flying Fool D: Tay Garnett (T)

Ls: William Boyd, Marie Prevost

Song: “If I Had My Way.”

Geraldine D: Melville Brown (P)

Ls: Eddie Quillan, Marion Nixon

Girl of the Port D: Bert Glennon (T)

Ls: Sally O’Neil, Reginald Sharland

The Godless Girl D: Cecil B. DeMille (P)

Ls: Lina Basquette, Marie Prevost, Noah Beery, Eddie Quillan

Half Marriage D: William J. Cowen (T)

Ls: Olive Borden, Morgan Farley, Ken Murray

Song: “After the Clouds Roll By.”

Her Private Affair D: Paul Stein (P)

Ls: Ann Harding, John Loder, Harry Bannister, Kay Hammond

High Voltage D: Howard Higgin (T)

Ls: Owen Moore, William Boud, Carole Lombard, Billy Bevan

Jazz Heaven D: Melville Brown (T)

Ls: Johnny Mack Brown, Sally O’Neil

Leathernecking D: Eddie Cline (P)

Ls: Irene Dunne, Lilyan Tashman, Eddie Foy, Jr., Louise Fazenda, Ned Sparks

Night Parade D: Malcolm St. Clair (T)

Ls: Hugh Trevor, Lloyd Ingraham

The Office Scandal D: Paul L. Stein (P)

Ls: Phyllis Haver, Raymond Hatton, Leslie Fenton, Margaret Livingston

Paris Bound D: Edward H. Griffith (T)

Ls: Ann Harding, Fredric March, Leslie Fenton, Ilka Chase

Red Hot Rhythm D: Leo McCarey (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.

Ls: Alan Hale, Kathryn Crawford, Josephine Dunn, Ilka Chase

Rio Rita D: Luther Reed (T) Some sequences in Technicolor.

Ls: Bebe Daniels, John Boles, Don Alvarado

Songs included “Rio Rita,” “You’re Always in My Arms (But Only in My Dreams).”

Sailor’s Holiday D: Fred Newmeyer (T)

Ls: Alan Hale, Sally Eilers, Marry Carr

Sal of Singapore D: Howard Higgin (P)

Ls: Phyllis Haver, Alan Hale, Noble Johnson

Seven Keys to Baldpate D: Reginald Barker (T)

Ls: Richard Dix, Miriam Seegar, Margaret Livingston

Side Street D: Malcolm St. Clair (T)

Ls: Owen Moore, Tom Moore, Mildred Harris

The Sophomore D: Leo McCarey (T)

Ls: Eddie Quillan, Sally O’Neil

The Spieler D: Tay Garnett (P)

Ls: Alan Hale, Renée Adorée, Clyde Cook

Ralph Block production distributed by Pathe Exchange.

Square Shoulders D: E. Mason Hopper (P)

Ls: Louis Wolheim, Anita Louise

Street Girl D: Wesley Ruggles (T)

Ls: Betty Compson, Ned Sparks, John Harron, Jack Oakie

Syncopation D: Bert Glennon (T)

Ls: Barbara Bennett, Ian Hunter, Bobby Watson

Songs included “Mine Alone.”

Tanned Legs D: Marshall Neilan (T)

Ls: June Clyde, Arthur Lake, Sally Blane

This Thing Called Love D: Paul Stein (T) Some Technicolor scenes.

Ls: Edmund Lowe, Constance Bennett, Zasu Pitts, Roscoe Karns, Stuart Erwin

The Vagabond Lover D: Marshall Neilan (T)

Ls: Rudy Vallee, Sally Blane, Marie Dressler

Songs included “Piccolo Pete.”

The Very Idea D: Richard Rosson (T)

Ls: Sally Blane, Allen Kearns, Jeanne De Bard

FBO (Film Booking Offices)

All productions used Photophone

Idaho Red D: Robert De Lacey (S)

Ls: Tom Tyler, Frankie Darro, Patricia Caron

Love in the Desert D: George Melford (P)

Ls: Noah Beery, Clive Borden, Hugh Trevor

Taxi 13 D: Marshall Neilan (P)

Ls: Chester Conklin, Ethel Wales

TIFFANY-STAHL PRODUCTIONS

All productions used Photophone

Lucky Boy D: Norman Taurog (P)

Ls: George Jessel, Richard Tucker

Songs included “My Mother’s Eyes,” “Lucky Boy.”

Midstream D: James Flood (P)

Ls: Ricardo Cortez, Montagu Lord, Claire Windsor

Mister Antonio D: James Flood (T)

Ls: Leo Carillo, Frank Reicher, Virginia Valli

Molly and Me D: Albert Ray (P)

Ls: Joe E. Brown, Belle Bennett

New Orleans D: Reginald Barker (P)

Ls: Ricardo Cortez, Alma Bennett, William Collier, Jr.

The Voice Within D: George Archainbaud (P)

Ls: Walter Pidgeon, Eve Southern, Montagu Love

Woman to Woman D: Victor Saville (T)

Ls: Betty Compson, George Barraud

TREM CARR PRODUCTIONS

Used various sound systems

Bride of the Desert D: Duke Worne (T, Filmtone)

Ls: LeRoy Mason, Alice Calhoun Distributed by Rayart Pictures.

Handcuffed D: Duke Worne (T, sound system not known)

Ls: Wheeler Oakman, Virginia Brown Faire, Dean Jagger Distributed by Rayart Pictures.

The Phantom in the House D: Phil Rosen (T)

Ls: Ricardo Cortez, Henry B. Walthall, Nancy Welford Distributed by Continental Talking Pictures.

Should a Girl Marry? D: Scott Pembroke (P, Filmtone)

Ls: Helen Foster, Donald Keith, Andy Clyde Distributed by Rayart Pictures.

TRINITY PICTURES

Sound systems not known

Broken Hearted D: Frank S. Mattison (P)

Ls: Agnes Ayres, Eddie Brownell

Bye-Bye Buddy D: Frank S. Mattison (P)

Ls: Agnes Ayres, Buddy Shaw

A Hercules film.

SONO-ART-WORLD WIDE PRODUCTIONS

Sound systems not known

The Great Gabbo D: James Cruze (T) Some sequences in color.

Ls: Erich von Stroheim, Betty Compson

The Talk of Hollywood D: Mark Sandrich (T)

Ls: Nat Carr, Renée Adorée, Hope Sutherland

A Prudence Picture.

MISCELLANEOUS STUDIOS AND COMPANIES

Various sound systems used

Bachelor’s Club D: Noel Mason (S, Photophone)

Ls: Richard Talmadge, Edna Murphy, Barbara Worth Parthenon Pictures production.

Dark Skies D: Harry S. Webb (T, Telefilm)

Ls: Evelyn Brent, Shirley Mason, Wallace MacDonald

Biltmore production.

The House of Secrets D: Edmund Lawrence (T)

Ls: Marcia Manning, Joseph Striker

Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation production.

In Old California D: Burton King (T, Photophone)

Ls: Henry B. Walthall, Helen Ferguson

Audible Pictures production.

The Invaders D: J. P. McGowan (S, sound system not known)

Ls: Bob Steele, Edna Aslin

Big Productions Film Corporation production.

Linda D: Mrs. Wallace Reid (S, Vitaphone)

Ls: Warner Baxter, Noah Beery, Helen Foster

Mrs. Wallace Reid production.

Midnight Daddies D: Mack Sennett (T, Photophone)

Ls: Andy Clyde, Rosemary Theby

Mack Sennett production.

Overland Bound D: Leo Maloney (T, Telefilm)

Ls: Leo Maloney, Jack Perrin, Aliene Ray

Presidio production.

Sea Fury D: George Melford (P, sound system not known)

Ls: Mildred Harris, James Hallet

Tom White production distributed by H. H. Rosenfield.

Sex Madness D: not known (S, sound system not known)

Ls: Jack Richardson, Corliss Palmer

Circle Film Company production distributed by Public Welfare Pictures.

Strange Cargo D: Benjamin Glazer (T, Photophone)

Ls: Lee Patrick, June Nash

Pathe Cargo production.

Unmasked D: Edgar Lewis (T, De Forest Phonofilm)

Ls: Robert Warwick, Milton Krims, Sam Ash, Susan Conroy Weiss Brothers Artclass picture.