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Submarine
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 8374 feet
Directed by Irving Willat and Frank R. Capra (Frank Capra)

Cast: Jack Holt [Jack Dorgan], Dorothy Revier [Bessie], Ralph Graves [Bob Mason], Clarence Burton [submarine commander], Arthur Rankin [the boy]

Columbia Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Harry Cohn. Scenario by Dorothy Howell + [Winifred Dunn], from a screen story by Norman Springer. Art direction by Harrison Wiley. Song “Pals, Just Pals” by Herman Ruby and Dave Dreyer. Assistant director, Charles C. Coleman. Cinematography by Joseph Walker. Film editor, Arthur Roberts. Music score by Dave Dreyer and Herman Ruby. / © 15 November 1928 by [?] Columbia Pictures Corporation? [LP25833]. Released 12 November 1928. / [?] 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. / Working titles: Into the Depths and Out of the Depths. Capra replaced Willat who had left Columbia. The film was also released in the USA in a silent version in nine reels (at 8192 feet) by Columbia Pictures Corporation. [?] McBride-Capra p. 723 lists the release date as 28 August 1928. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama: Action.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.5454.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Submarines - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 5 November 2023.

References: Film viewing : AFI-F2 n. F2.5454; McBride-Capra p. 723; Poague-Capra pp. 96, 236 : ClasIm-223 p. 58.

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