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The Very Idea
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Richard Rosson and Frank Craven

Cast: Frank Craven [Alan Camp], Hugh Trevor [Joe Garvin], Sally Blane [Nora], Olive Tell [Marion Green], Allen Kearns [Gilbert Goodhue], Doris Eaton [Edith Goodhue], Theodor von Eltz [George Green], Jeanne De Bard [Dorothy Green], Adele Watson [Miss Duncan]

Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation [RKO] production; distributed by Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation [RKO]. / Produced by William LeBaron. Associate producer, Myles Connolly. Screenplay by William LeBaron, from a play by William LeBaron. Production supervision by Myles Connolly. Art direction by Max Rée. Costume design by Walter Plunkett. Dialogue direction by Richard Rosson. Cinematography by Leo Tover. Film editors, George Marsh and Ann McKnight. / Released 15 September 1929. / Photophone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format [?] and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? RCA Photophone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Full-sound film.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 8 October 2023.

References: Jewell-RKO p. 21 : Website-IMDb.

 
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