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The Spieler
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 5606 feet
Directed by Tay Garnett
Cast: Alan Hale [Flash], Clyde Cook [Luke], Renée Adorée [Cleo], Fred Kohler [Red Moon], Fred Warren [the barker], Jimmy Quinn [‘The Rabbit’], Kewpie Morgan [Butch], Billie Latimer [the bearded lady]
Ralph Block Productions production; distributed by Pathé Exchange, Incorporated. / Scenario by Hal Conklin and Tay Garnett, with dialogue by Hal Conklin and Tay Garnett, from a screen story by Hal Conklin. Production management by Harry H. Poppe. Props by Walter Bradford. Assistant director, Robert Fellows. Cinematography by Arthur Miller. Film editor, Doane Harrison. Intertitles written by John Krafft (John W. Krafft). Musical direction by Josiah Zuro. / © 3 December 1928 by Ralph Block Productions [LP25886]. Released 20 December 1928. / Photophone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format [?] and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? RCA Photophone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive]; and [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Circuses - Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Inheritances - Jealousy - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 26 December 2016.
References: Limbacher-Feature p. 231; McCaffrey-Guide p. 19; Weaver-Twenty p. 28 : Website-AFI; Website-GEM.
Home video: DVD.
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