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Little Johnny Jones
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 6621 feet
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Eddie Buzzell [Johnny Jones], Alice Day [Mary Baker], Edna Murphy [Vivian Dale], Robert Edeson [Ed Baker], Wheeler Oakman [Wyman], Raymond Turner [Carbon], Donald Reed [Ramon]
First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Screenplay by Adelaide Heilbron and Eddie Buzzell, with dialogue by Adelaide Heilbron, from the play Little Johnny Jones by George M. Cohan. Songs “The Yankee Doodle Boy” and “Give My Regards to Broadway” by George M. Cohan (music and lyrics); “Straight, Place and Show” by M.K. Jerome (music) and Herman Ruby (lyrics); “Go Find Somebody to Love” and “She Was Kicked on the Head by a Butterfly” by Ned Washington, Herb Magidson and Michael Cleary (music and lyrics); “My Paradise” by Herb Magidson, James Cavanaugh, Ned Washington and Michael Cleary (music and lyrics); and “Painting the Clouds with Sunshine” by Joe Burke (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics). Cinematography by Faxon Dean. Film editor, Frank Ware. Intertitles written by Adelaide Heilbron. / © [?] 1 December 1929? by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP886]. Released 17 November 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version, at 5020 feet, by First National Pictures, Incorporated. The play was previously filmed as Little Johnny Jones (1923). / Full-sound film.
Comedy-Drama.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Synchronized sound film - USA: New York: New York: Broadway
Listing updated: 23 February 2009.
References: Aylesworth-Warner p. ? : Variety-19291030 p. 38 : Website-AFI.
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