The Greyhound Limited
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The Greyhound Limited | |
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Directed by | Howard Bretherton |
Written by | Albert S. Howson (story) Anthony Coldeway Robert Lord (writer) Joseph Jackson (titles) |
Starring | Monte Blue Edna Murphy Grant Withers |
Cinematography | Ben Reynolds |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 86 minutes 8 reels 6,114 feet |
Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles |
The Greyhound Limited is 1929 part-talkie talkie crime drama and railroad theme film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Monte Blue. 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 soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film was produced and distributed by Warner Bros.. The film is a follow-up to the 1927 film The Black Diamond Express.[1]
The film survives in the Library of Congress and Wisconsin Center For Film and Theatre Research, Madison Wisconsin.[2] The full soundtrack (except for reels 5, 7 and 8) survives on Vitaphone discs.[3]
Cast
- Monte Blue as Monte
- Edna Murphy as Edna
- Grant Withers as Bill
- Lucy Beaumont as Mrs. Williams, Bill's mother
- Ernie Shields as Limpy
- Lew Harvey as The Rat
See also
- List of early sound feature films (1926โ1929)
- List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features
References
External links
- The Greyhound Limited at IMDb
- synopsis at AllMovie
- lobby poster(Wayback Machine)
- Lobby card
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- Articles with short description
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- 1929 films
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- Warner Bros. films
- Films directed by Howard Bretherton
- Rail transport films
- American crime drama films
- 1929 crime drama films
- American black-and-white films
- 1920s American films
- Part-talkie films
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