Melody Lane (1929 film)
| Melody Lane | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Carl Laemmle ??Jr. Laemmle |
| Starring | Eddie Leonard Josephine Dunn Rose Coe |
| Cinematography | Joseph Brotherton |
| Edited by | Daniel Mandell |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30,000 |
Melody Lane is a 1929 black and white American musical film. It is an adaption to the play The Understander, written by Jo Swerling.[1][2]
Cast
- Eddie Leonard – Des Dupree
- Josephine Dunn – Dolores Dupree
- Rose Coe – Constance Dupree
- George E. Stone – Danny
- Huntley Gordon – Rinaldi
- Jane La Verne – Constance Dupree
- Blanche Carter – Nurse
- Jake Kern – Orchestra Leader
- Monte Carter – Stage Manager
Soundtrack
Melody Lane ad in The Film Daily, 1929
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- Written by Eddie Leonard
- Performed by Eddie Leonard
- "THE SONG OF THE ISLANDS"
- Written by Charles E. King
- "Here I Am"
- Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
- Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.
- "There's Sugar-Cane Around My Door"
- Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
- Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.
- "The Bogey-Man Is Here"
- Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
- Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.
- "Beautiful"
- Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
- Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.
Status
The film is now incomplete, with a
16mm copy of the last reel of the sound version, an incomplete print of the silent version (5 of the 6 reels) is also in the Library of Congress
. An incomplete soundtrack (reels 1,3,5,6,7 and 8 of 8) also survives in the hands of a private collector.
See also
References
External links
- Melody Lane at IMDb
- synopsis at AllMovie
- [1]
