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Modern Love
Also known as [You Can’t Buy Love]
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 6501 feet
Directed by Arch Heath and Jack Foley
Cast: Jean Hersholt [Francois Renault], Charley Chase [John Jones], Kathryn Crawford [Patricia Brown], Jack Foley, Edward Martindel [Andre Weston], Anita Garvin [Mrs. Weston], Betty Montgomery [the blonde woman], Dorothy Coburn [‘Half-and Half’], Virginia Sale [the jealous employee], Jack Chefe [the dresser], Chester A. Bachman [the policeman in the rain]
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [Universal-Jewel; A Universal Picture]. / Executive producer, Carl Laemmle. Scenario by Beatrice Van, with dialogue by Albert De Mond, from a screen story by Beatrice Van. Cinematography by Jerry Ash (Jerome Ash). Intertitles written by Albert De Mond. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / © 22 June 1929 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP496]. Released [?] 14 or 21? July 1929. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (sound version) and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (silent version). Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Chase’s only starring feature film. Universal production number 5021. Started as a silent production, the film was converted to sound. The film was also released in the USA in a silent version, (at 5730 feet), by Universal Pictures Corporation. [?] Website-IMDb lists the release date as 21 July 1929. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Comedy-Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist (in sound and silent versions) [incomplete].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Businessmen - Butlers - Clothes - Marriages - Synchronized sound film - Women’s rights
Listing updated: 31 January 2025.
References: Hirschhorn-Universal p. 65 : ClasIm-226 p. C18 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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