The Donovan Affair
AKA {The Donovan’s Affair}
(1929) American
B&W : 83 minutes
Directed by Frank R. Capra (Frank Capra)

Cast: Jack Holt [Inspector Killian], Dorothy Revier [Jean Rankin], Agnes Ayres [Lydia Rankin], William Collier Jr. [Cornish], Virginia Browne Faire [Mary Mills], Wheeler Oakman [Porter], John Roche [Jack Donovan], Hank Mann [Dr. Lindsey], Ethel Wales [Mrs. Lindsey], Fred Kelsey [Carney], Alphonse Ethier [Captain Peter Rankin], Edward Hearn [Nelson], John Wallace [Dobbs], Allan Cavan [gambler], Sherry Hall [gambler]

Columbia Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Columbia Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Harry Cohn. Screenplay by Dorothy Howell and Howard J. Green, with dialogue by Howard J. Green, from the play The Donovan Affair by Owen Davis. Art direction by Harrison Wiley. Assistant director Tenny Wright. Cinematography by Teddy Tetzlaff (Ted Tetzlaff). Intertitles by Howard J. Green. Edited by Arthur Roberts. / © 10 May 1929 [LP381]. Released 11 April 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The sound version was released at 7140 feet in eight reels. A silent version was also prepared for release at 7189 feet. / Full-sound film.

Drama: Mystery.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.1399.

Survival Status: (unknown)

Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Domestics: Butlers - Gamblers - Philanderers - Police: Policemen - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 9 January 2004.

References: AFI-F2 n. F2.1399; McBride-Capra p. 724; Poague-Capra p. 237 : AmerCine-199510 p. 100; ClasIm-223 p. 58.