Thru Different Eyes (1929)

Director:

John G. Blystone

Writers:

Tom Barry, Milton Herbert Gropper (play),

Stars:

Mary Duncan, Edmund Lowe, Warner Baxter

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mary Duncan	...	Viola
Edmund Lowe	...	Harvey Manning
Warner Baxter	...	Jack Winfield
Natalie Moorhead	...	Frances Thornton
Earle Foxe	...	Howard Thornton
Donald Gallaher	...	Spencer
Florence Lake	...	Myrtle
Sylvia Sidney	...	Valerie Briand
Purnell Pratt	...	Dist. Atty. Marston
Selmer Jackson	...	King (defense attorney)
Dolores Johnson	...	Anna
Nigel De Brulier	...	Maynard
Lola Salvi	...	Maid
Stepin Fetchit	...	Janitor
DeWitt Jennings	...	Paducah

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

murder | trial | melodrama | based on play

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 April 1929 (USA)

Also Known As:

Guilty

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

62 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (MovieTone)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.20 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"I'm Saving All My Loving"
Written by William Kernell and Dave Stamper

User Reviews

probably not a source for Rashomon

This 1929 U.S. film is probably not a source for the groundbreaking 1950 movie classic Rashomon, because the 2 Japanese short stories which Rashomon is based upon were written in 1915 and 1922, while Thru Different Eyes came out in 1929, and was based upon a prior U.S. stage play. The writer of the short stories, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, killed himself in 1927. His style was highly influential in Japan, and he's considered the father of the modern Japanese short story, comparable to Edgar Allen Poe's influence in English literature, and of a similarly dark nature. Several of Akutagawa's other stories were made into films in the U.S. and Japan. Rashomon director Akira Kurosawa combined Akutagawa's 2 unrelated short stories in Kurosawa's film, which first brought Japanese cinema to world acclaim.

David Stevens