The Love Racket
| The Love Racket | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | William A. Seiter |
| Written by |
Adele Comandini John F. Goodrich |
| Based on |
The Woman on the Jury by Bernard K. Burns |
| Starring | Dorothy Mackaill |
| Music by |
Cecil Copping Alois Reiser |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | John Rawlins |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Love Racket was a 1929 American early sound crime drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was directed by William A. Seiter and starred Dorothy Mackaill. It is based on a Broadway play, The Woman on the Jury by Bernard K. Burns, and is a remake of a 1924 silent film of the same name which starred Bessie Love.[1][2] The film is now considered lost.[3]
Myrtle Stedman reprises her role from the silent version in this film.
Cast
- Dorothy Mackaill - Betty Brown
- Sidney Blackmer - Fred Masters
- Edmund Burns - George Wayne
- Myrtle Stedman - Marion Masters
- Edwards Davis - Judge Davis
- Webster Campbell - Prosecuting Attorney
- Clarence Burton - Defense Attorney
- Alice Day - Grace Pierce
- Edith Yorke - Mrs. Pierce
- Martha Mattox - Mrs. Slade
- Tom Mahoney - Detective McGuire
- Jack Curtis - John Gerrity
References
- ↑ White Munden, Kenneth (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 460. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- ↑ The Woman on the Jury as produced on Broadway at the Eltinge 42nd Street theatre, August 15, 1923; IBDb.com
- ↑ The Love Racket at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures (1929)
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