The Sap
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Nine reels / 7150 feet
Directed by Archie Mayo
Cast: Edward Everett Horton [Bill Small, the sap], Alan Hale [Jim Belden], Patsy Ruth Miller [Betty], Russell Simpson [the banker], Jerry Mandy [the wop], Edna Murphy [Jane], Louise Carver [Mrs. Sprague], Franklin Pangborn [Ed Mason]
Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated. / Screenplay by Robert Lord, with dialogue by Robert Lord, from the play The Sap by William A. Grew. Cinematography by Dev Jennings (J. Devereaux Jennings). Film editor, Desmond O’Brien. Intertitles written by De Leon Anthony. / © 16 October 1929 by Warner Brothers Pictures, Incorporated [LP773]. Released 9 November 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version. / Full-sound film.
Comedy-Drama.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 2 November 2009.
References: Drew-Speaking p. 281 : Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1 December 1929, p. 9E; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 7 December 1929, p. 7 : Website-AFI.
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