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The Hit of the Show
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6476 feet
Directed by Ralph Ince
Cast: Joe E. Brown [‘Twisty’], Gertrude Olmstead [Kathlyn Carson], William Norton Bailey [Tremaine], Gertrude Astor [Trece], Ole M. Ness [Goldstein], Lee Shumway [Greening], William Francis Dugan [Teague], Ione Holmes [Charlotte Van], LeRoy Mason [Woody], Frank Mills [Barnes], Daphne Pollard [the slavey], Cosmo Kyrle Bellew [Mr. Carson]
[?] FBO Pictures Corporation? production; distributed by Film Booking Offices of America, Incorporated [FBO]. / Scenario by Enid Hibbard, from the short story “Notices” by Viola Brothers Shore. Assistant director, Thomas Atkins. Cinematography by Robert Martin. Film editor, George Arthur. Intertitles written by George Arthur and Jack Conway. / © 4 September 1928 by FBO Pictures Corporation [LP25580]. Released July 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA, with talking sequences (dialogue by Edgar Allan Woolfe), synchronized music and sound effects (utilizing the RCA Photophone sound-on-film synchronized sound system) by Film Booking Offices of America, Incorporated [FBO] on 23 September 1928; rerelease version songs “You”re in Love and I’m in Love” by Walter Donaldson (music and lyrics); “Waitin’ for Katy” by Gus Kahn and Ted Shapiro (music and lyrics). / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 7 October 2009.
References: Geduld-Birth p. ? : Website-AFI.
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