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Illusion
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / [?] 6972 or 7536? feet / 80 minutes
Directed by Lothar Mendes
Cast: Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers [Carlee Thorpe], Nancy Carroll [Claire Jernigan], June Collyer [Hilda Schmittlap], Kay Francis [Zelda Paxton], Regis Toomey [Eric Schmittlap], Knute Erickson [Mr. Jacob Schmittlap], Eugenie Besserer [Mrs. Jacob Schmittlap], Maude Turner Gordon [Queen of Dalmatia], Emilie Melville [Mother Fay], J.E. Nash [Mr. X], William McLaughlin [Mr. Y], Frances Raymond [Mrs. Y], William Austin [Mr. Z], Catherine Wallace [Mrs. Z], Eddie Kane [Gus Bloomberg], Michael Visaroff [Equerry], Paul Lukas [Count Fortuny], Richard Cramer [Magus], Bessie Lyle [Consuelo], Colonel G.L. McDonnell [Jarman, the butler], Lillian Roth [the revolutionary rhythm dance specialist], Harriet Spiker [a dwarf], Anna Magruder [the fat lady], Albert Wolffe [the giant], E.H. Calvert [the doctor], Phillips Holmes [Eric’s friend in the audience], William H. O’Brien [a servant at the party], Virginia Bruce [a party guest], Harold Miller [a party Guest], Randolph Scott [a party guest], Jack Stoney [the rifleman in the rifle act], Harry Strang [the military man in the rifle act]
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [A Paramount All Talking Picture]. / Produced by B.P. Schulberg. Screenplay by E. Lloyd Sheldon, with dialogue by E. Lloyd Sheldon, from the novel Illusion by Arthur Chesney Train. Costume design by Travis Banton. Costume jeweler, Eugene Joseff. Songs “When the Real Thing Comes Your Way” by Larry Spier and Sam Coslow (music and lyrics), and “Revolutionary Rhythm” by Lou Davis, J. Fred Coots, Larry Spier and Sam Coslow (music and lyrics). Cinematography by Harry Fischbeck. Second camera, Archie Stout. Camera assistants, William H. Clothier, Daniel L. Fapp, Harry Merland and Eddie Pyle. Recording sound engineer, Harry Lindgren. Music score by Karl Hajos. Film editor, George Nicholls Jr. Intertitles written by Richard H. Digges Jr. / © 21 September 1929 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [LP708]. Released 21 September 1929. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format. Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Roth’s film debut. The film was also released in the USA in a silent version (at 6141 feet) by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation in 1929. / Full-sound film.
[?] Comedy-Drama?
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 21 January 2024.
References: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1 December 1929, p. 8E : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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