Navy Blues
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 6936 feet
Directed by Clarence Brown
Cast: William Haines [Kelly], Anita Page [Alice], Karl Dane [Swede], J.C. Nugent [Mr. Brown], Edythe Chapman [Mrs. Brown], Gertrude Sutton [Hilda], Wade Boteler [the chief petty officer]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Screenplay by Dale Van Every, with dialogue by J.C. Nugent, Elliott Nugent and W.L. River, from a screen story by Raymond L. Schrock. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons. Costume design by David Cox. Song “Navy Blues” by Fred E. Ahlert (music) and Roy Turk (lyrics). Cinematography by Merritt B. Gerstad. Sound recording engineers, G.A Burns and Douglas Shearer. Film editor, Hugh Wynn. / © 2 January 1930 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation [LP959]. Released 20 December 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. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version (at 6195 feet) by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation in 1930. / Full-sound film.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 5 August 2010.
References: Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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