A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Paul Lukas (left) and George Bancroft. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: George Bancroft [‘The Wolf’], Baclanova (Olga Baclanova) [Olga, his wife], Paul Lukas [David Tyler], Nancy Carroll [Gert, the maid], Arthur Rankin [Frank], Brandon Hurst [Sturgess], Paul Guertzman [office boy], Crauford Kent [Jessup], Jack Luden, [?] Randolph Scott? [a broker’s assistant]

Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Doris Anderson, with dialogue by Doris Anderson, from a screen story by Doris Anderson. Song “Love Take My Heart” by Joseph Meyer (music) and Harold Cristy (lyrics). Cinematography by Victor Milner. Chief recording engineer, Franklin Hansen. Montage sequence by Slavko Vorkapich. Film editor, Robert Bassier. Intertitles written by Julian Johnson. / © 9 February 1929 by Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation [LP108]. Released 9 February 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 6396 feet. / Full-sound film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Copper - Domestics: Maids - Marriages: Infidelity - Revenge - Stockbrokers - Synchronized sound film - USA: New York: New York (Wall Street)

Listing updated: 21 January 2024.

References: Bardèche-History p. 312; Katchmer-Eighty pp. 10, 12; MoPicAlmanac-1929 p. 11; Sweeney-Coming p. 139 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.