The Barker
(1928) American
B&W : Eight reels
Directed by George Fitzmaurice

Cast: Betty Compson, Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sylvia Ashton, George Cooper, S.S. Simon, John Erwin, Spec Connelly

Distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Produced by Al Rockett. Screenplay by Benjamin Glazer + [Joseph Jackson], from the play The Barker by Kenyon Nicholson. Costume design by Max Ree. Cinematography by Lee Garmes. Intertitles by Herman J. Mankiewicz. Edited by Stuart Heisler. Music by Louis Silvers. Presented by Richard A. Rowland. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system. / The production was originally shot as a silent. Four talking sequences were added after previews. Compson’s first talking film. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.

Drama.

Survival Status: (unknown)

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 9 January 2004.

References: Brownlow-Parade p. 292; Geduld-Birth p. 237; Sato-Currents p. 33; Vermilye-Twenties pp. 217-219.