The Girl in the Glass Cage
| The Girl in the Glass Cage | |
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| Directed by | Ralph Dawson |
| Written by | James Gruen Paul Perez (titles) |
| Screenplay by | Paul Perez |
| Based on | The Girl in the Glass Cage by George Kibbe Turner |
| Starring | Loretta Young Carroll Nye Matthew Betz Lucien Littlefield Ralph Lewis |
| Cinematography | Ernest Haller |
| Edited by | Terry O. Morse |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 80 minutes; 8 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles |
The Girl in the Glass Cage is a 1929 American sound part-talkie crime drama film directed by Ralph Dawson and starring Loretta Young, Carroll Nye, Matthew Betz, Lucien Littlefield, and Ralph Lewis. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The original part-talkie version featured dialogue for a duration of 65 percent of its running time. [1] According to the film review in Variety, the film was withdrawn shortly after being released and re-released with synchronized musical score with sound effects only due to an unspecified defect in the sound recording. [2] The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. It is based on the 1927 novel of the same name by George Kibbe Turner.[3] The film was released by Warner Bros. on June 23, 1929.[4][5][6]
Cast
- Loretta Young as Gladys Cosgrove
- Carroll Nye as Terry Pomfret
- Matthew Betz as 'Doc' Striker
- Lucien Littlefield as Sheik Smith
- Ralph Lewis as John Cosgrove
- George E. Stone as Carlos
- Julia Swayne Gordon as Mrs. Pomfret
- Majel Coleman as Isabelle Van Court
- Charles Sellon as Dan Jackson – Prosecutor
- Robert T. Haines as Pomfret
Music
The film features a theme song entitled "Every Little While (I Think Of You)" which was composed by John McLaughlin and Harold Levey.
Preservation
The film is now considered lost.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Variety 17 Apr 1929 p. 34 https://archive.org/details/variety94-1929-04/page/n165/mode/1up
- ^ Variety 18 Sep 1929 p. 55 https://archive.org/details/variety96-1929-09/page/n206/mode/1up
- ^ The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film, p.468 c.1999 Alan Goble
- ^ "The Girl in the Glass Cage". afi.com. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ "The Girl in the Glass Cage". AllMovie. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ "The Girl in the Glass Cage". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
- ^ American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: From Headquarters
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