Naughty Baby (film)
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| Directed by | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Written by | Charles Beahan (story) Garrett Fort Gerald Geraghty Thomas J. Geraghty |
| Starring | Alice White Jack Mulhall Thelma Todd Doris Dawson James Ford |
| Cinematography | Ernest Haller |
| Edited by | LeRoy Stone |
| Music by | Gerard Carbonara |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Naughty Baby is a 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Alice White and Jack Mulhall. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. It was released on December 16, 1928, by First National Pictures.[1]
Plot
Rosalind McGill is a cloak room girl. She falls for a rich boy, who may not actually be rich.
Cast
- Alice White as Rosalind McGill
- Jack Mulhall as Terry Vandeveer
- Thelma Todd as Bonnie Le Vonne
- Doris Dawson as Polly
- James Ford as Terry's pal
- Natalie Joyce as Goldie Torres
- Frances Hamilton as Bonnie's pal
- Fred Kelsey as Dugan
- Rose Dione as Madame Fleurette
- Fanny Midgley as Mary Ellen Toolen
- Larry Banthim as Toolen
- Georgie Stone as Tony Caponi
- Benny Rubin as Benny Cohen
- Andy Devine as Joe Cassidy
- Raymond Turner as Terry's valet
Music
The film featured the theme song entitled "I'm After That Baby" which was composed by Gerard Carbonara.
Censorship
When Naughty Baby was released, many states and cities in the United States had censor boards that could require cuts or other eliminations before the film could be shown. The Kansas censor board ordered a cut of an intertitle with the caption, "Don't come near me. I've no more clothes on than a sardine."[2]
Preservation
The film was considered a lost film,[3] with only the Vitaphone soundtrack still in existence. However, a print of Naughty Baby was discovered at the Museum of Modern Art film archive in 2017.[4] A complete set of Vitaphone discs are in the film archive at the University of California, Los Angeles.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Naughty Baby at silentera.com
- ^ "Eliminations Ordered in 1928 by Kansas Censor Board with Woman Members". Variety. 94 (6). New York City: Variety, Inc.: 5 February 20, 1929. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ^ Naughty Baby at Lost Film Files: First National Pictures - 1928 Archived March 6, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2 Film Discoveries Worth Noting: Alice White and Billie Dove at NitrateVille
- ^ Naughty Baby library record, University of California, Los Angeles
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