The Duke Steps Out

The Duke Steps Out

Directed by	James Cruze
Produced by	James Cruze
Written by	Story: Lucian Cary Adaptation: Raymond L. Schrock Dale Van Every Titles: Joseph Farnham(titles)
Starring	William Haines Joan Crawford Karl Dane Tenen Holtz
Cinematography	Ira H. Morgan
Edited by	George Hively
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	March 16, 1929 (1929-03-16)
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$218,000^[1]
Box office	$920,000^[1]

The Duke Steps Out is a 1929 silent film starring William Haines and Joan Crawford. The film is lost, but the Vitaphone sound discs track survive at UCLA Film and TV Archives.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Duke (Haines) a pampered millionaire's son, who longs to be a boxer, takes an interest in Susie (Crawford), a college coed with whom he takes an interest in after he defends her from being bullied. Duke's interest in Susie, leads him to enroll in the same school as Susie. After a misunderstanding between Duke and Susie, they realize they are meant to be together and are reunited.

Cast

William Haines - Duke
Joan Crawford - Susie
Karl Dane - Barney, Duke's Chauffeur
Tenen Holtz - Jake, Duke's Manager
Edward Nugent - Tommy Wells
Jack Roper - Poison Kerrigan
Delmer Daves - Bossy Edwards
Luke Cosgrave - Professor Widdicomb
Herbert Prior - Mr. Corbin

Box Office

According to MGM records the film earned $714,000 in the US and Canada and $206,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $343,000.^[1]

References

1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study .
↑ Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files; Metro/MGM
↑ The Duke Steps Out at silentera.com

External links

The Duke Steps Out at the Internet Movie Database
The Duke Steps Out at the TCM Movie Database
The Duke Steps Out synopsis at AllMovie

Films directed by James Cruze

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