Nothing but the Truth (1929 film)
Nothing But the Truth | |
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Directed by | |
Cinematography | Edward Cronjager |
Edited by | Morton Blumenstock Robert Bassler |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Nothing But the Truth is a 1929 American
Separate French, German and Spanish versions were made at the Joinville Studios in Paris as part of Paramount's policy of multiple-language versions.
Plot
Robert Bennett (Richard Dix) is a stockbroker who is very carefree with other people's money. Encouraging clients to buy stocks in companies that are failing is all in a day's work to him. His fiancée Gwenn Burke (Dorothy Hall) has to raise $40,000 for a charity project, comes to him with $10,000 to invest from her charity group, and wants him to double it within five days.
Meanwhile, E. M. Burke (Berton Churchill), Frank Connelly (Louis John Bartels), and Clarence Van Dyke (Ned Sparks) bet Bennett they will pay him each $10,000 if he tells the truth for 24 hours. The men later go to a nightclub where they meet Sabel and Mabel Jackson (Wynne Gibson and Helen Kane), who are a gold-digging sister act.
Mabel Jackson sings
Cast
- Richard Dixas Robert Bennett
- Berton Churchill as E.M. Burke
- Louis John Bartels as Frank Connelly
- Ned Sparks as Clarence van Dyke
- Wynne Gibson as Sabel Jackson
- Helen Kane as Mabel Jackson
- Dorothy Hall as Gwenn Burke
- Madeline Grey as Mrs. E.M. Burke
- Nancy Ryan as Ethel Clark
- William Crane as Drunk
- Preston Foster as Nightclub Patron
Production credits
The production credits on the film were as follows:
- Victor Schertzinger - director
- Monta Bell - producer
- James Montgomery - stage play
- John McGowan - adaptation
- Edward Cronjager - photography
- William Collier Sr.
- Ernst Fegté (uncredited)[2]
See also
- "Do Something" (1929 song)
- Nothing But the Truth(1941 film)
- List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
References
- ^ Nothing But the Truth at silentera.com
- Newspapers.com.
External links
- Nothing But the Truth at IMDb
- Nothing But the Truth at AllMovie
- Nothing but the Truth at the TCM Movie Database
- Nothing but the Truth at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Nothing But the Truth (1929) at Richard Dix website
- Nothing But the Truth at Silent Era.com
- Nothing But the Truth (1929) at the Internet Archive