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The Charlatan
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6097 feet
Directed by George Melford
Cast: Holmes Holbert [Count Merlin / Peter Dwight], Margaret Livingston [Florence], Rockcliffe Fellowes [Richard Talbot], Philo McCullough [Doctor Paynter], Anita Garvin [Mrs. Paynter], Crauford Kent [Frank Deering], Rose Tapley [Mrs. Deering], Fred Mackaye [Jerry Starke], Dorothy Gould [Ann Talbot]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel]. / Scenario by J.G. Hawks, with dialogue by Jacques Rollens and Tom Reed, from the adaptation by Robert N. Lee of the play The Charlatan by Ernest Pascal and Leonard Praskins. Cinematography by George Robinson. Film editors, Robert Jahns and Maurice Pivar. Intertitles written by Tom Reed. / © 29 March 1929 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP259]. Released 14 April 1929. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama: Mystery.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 62.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Circuses - Clowns - Death: Murder - Hindus - Magicians - Poison - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 10 January 2011.
References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 62 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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