Close Harmony
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 70 minutes
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland and John Cromwell
Cast: Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers [Al West], Nancy Carroll [Marjorie Merwin], Harry Green [Max Mindel], Jack Oakie [Ben Barney], Richards ‘Skeets’ Gallagher [Johnny Bay], Matty Roubert [Bert], Ricca Allen [Mrs. Prosser], Wade Boteler [Officer Kelly], Baby Mack [Syvil], Oscar Smith [George Washington Brown], Greta Granstedt [Eva Larue], Gus Partos (Gustáv Pártos) [Gustav], Jesse Stafford [himself, the orchestra leader], Joyzelle (Joyzelle Joyner), Jean Harlow
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Screenplay by Percy Heath and John V.A. Weaver, from a screen story by Elsie Janis and Gene Markey. Cinematography by J. Roy Hunt. Chief recording engineer, Franklin Hansen. Film editor, Tay Malarkey. Intertitles written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Music by John Leipold. / Released 13 April 1929. / [?] Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format and/or Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version in seven reels (at 1772 metres) by Paramount Pictures Corporation in 1929. / Full-sound film.
Drama: Musical.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 1 July 2012.
References: MoPicAlmanac-1929 p. 11 : Website-IMDb.
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