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The Home Towners
(1928) United States of America
B&W : [?] Eleven? reels / 5693 feet
Directed by Bryan Foy

Cast: Richard Bennett [Vic Arnold], Doris Kenyon [Beth Calhoun], Robert McWade [H.P. Bancroft], Robert Edeson [Mr. Calhoun], Gladys Brockwell [Lottie Bancroft], John Miljan [Joe Roberts], Vera Lewis [Mrs. Calhoun], Stanley Taylor [Wally Calhoun], James T. Macl [Casey, the butler], Patricia Caron [the maid]

Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. / Scenario by Addison Burkhart and Murray Roth, with dialogue by Addison Burkhart and Murray Roth, from the play The Home Towners by George M. Cohan. Assistant directors, Doc Salomon and Fred Fox. Cinematography by Barney McGill and Willard Van Enger. / © 27 October 1928 by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated [LP25773]. Premiered 23 October 1928. Released 3 November 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / The first sound feature without songs included. The film was also released in the USA in a silent version in five reels (at 4841 feet) by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated, on 15 December 1928. / Full-sound film.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Millionaires - Synchronized sound film - USA: Indiana (South Bend), New York (New York) - Weddings

Listing updated: 2 October 2009.

References: Geduld-Birth p. ? : Website-AFI.

 
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