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Overview
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Writers:
Paul Gangelin (story)
A.A. Kline (dialogue)
Release Date:
9 November 1929 (USA) more
Tagline:
STRANGE...THRILLING...COMPELLING! (original poster - all caps) more
Plot:
A dapper gangster sponsors an alcoholic violinist in order to win the love of a glamorous divorced socialite. full summary | add synopsis
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Strong Silent Types in Talkies more (9 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Robert Armstrong | ... | Mahlon Keane | |
| Carole Lombard | ... | Rhoda Philbrooke (as Carol Lombard) | |
| Roland Drew | ... | Tony Vaughan | |
| Paul Hurst | ... | Mehaffy - Policeman | |
| Kit Guard | ... | Gus | |
| Al Hill | ... | Squid | |
| Bobby Dunn | ... | The Rat (as Bobbie Dunn) | |
| Budd Fine | ... | Bernie Weber (as Bud Fine) | |
| Hedda Hopper | ... | Mrs. Karen Lee | |
| Jeanette Loff | ... | Millie Chapman | |
| John Loder | ... | Jack Oakhurst | |
| Winter Hall | ... | Mr. Sam Chapman | |
| Winifred Harris | ... | Mrs. Margaret Chapman |
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Also Known As:
Love's Conquest (UK)
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68 min (copyright length) (sound version)
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1.20 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Photophone System)
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)
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Continuity: When Gus spots rival gangster Bernie Weber riding in the back of a taxi, he tells his driver Squid to pull alongside it so he can shoot him. Gus refers to it as a gray cab, and in the studio close-up it appears to be white or at least a very light gray. In the subsequent cut to the location shot done outdoors on location, the cab with the dead mobster appears to be black. more
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Well mounted, interesting story about suave racketeer Armstrong falling for impoverished deb Lombard, hampered a bit by the declamatory style of speaking any speech longer than three words and apparent immobility of microphones.