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  Carole Lombard (left), William Boyd, unidentified player (prone),
unidentified player (standing) and Owen Moore.
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High Voltage
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5743 feet
Directed by Howard Higgin

Cast: William Boyd [Bill Dougherty], Owen Moore [Detective Dan Egan], Carole Lombard [Billie Davis], Diane Ellis [Diane], Billy Bevan [Gus Engstrom, the stage driver], Phillips Smalley [J. Milton Hendricksen, the banker]

Pathé Exchange, Incorporated, production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Screenplay by James Gleason and Kenyon Nicholson, with dialogue by Elliott Clawson and James Gleason, from a screen story by Elliott Clawson. Production supervised by Ralph Block. Production management by Richard Blaydon. Song “Colleen O’Kildare” by George Green (music) and George Waggner (lyrics). Assistant director, Leigh Smith. Cinematography by John Mescall. Film editor, Doane Harrison. / © 3 June 1929 by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated [LP420]. Released 7 April 1929. / [?] Photophone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? RCA Photophone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version (at 5118 feet) by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated, in 1929. / Full-sound film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Bankers - Criminals - Law: Enforcement: Sheriffs - Synchronized sound film - Transportation: Buses

Listing updated: 4 August 2024.

References: Blum-Talkies p. ? : Website-AFI.

Home video: DVD.

 
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