The Mighty
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 6802 feet
Directed by John Cromwell
Cast: George Bancroft [Blake Greeson], Esther Ralston [Louise Patterson], Warner Oland [Sterky], Raymond Hatton [Dogey Franks], Dorothy Revier [Mayme], Morgan Farley [Jerry Patterson], O.P. Heggie [J.K. Patterson], Charles Sellon [the mayor], E.H. Calvert [the major general], John Cromwell [Mr. Jameison]
Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Screenplay by Williams Salvens McNutt and Grover Jones, with dialogue by Williams Salvens McNutt and Grover Jones, from a treatment adaptation by Nellie Revelle of a screen story by Robert N. Lee. Assistant director, Archie Hill. Cinematography by J. Roy Hunt. Sound recording engineer, M.M. Paggi. Film editors, George Nichols Jr. and Otto Levering. Intertitles written by Herman J. Mankiewicz. / © 15 November 1929 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [LP863]. Released 16 November 1929. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version (at 6097 feet). / Full-sound film.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 23 August 2009.
References: Drew-Speaking p. 284; Katchmer-Eighty pp. 10, 12; Limbacher-Feature p. 159 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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