Children of the Ritz
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Directed by | John Francis Dillon |
Cinematography | James Van Trees |
Edited by | Leroy Stone |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. |
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Running time | 7 reels (approximately 70 minutes) |
Country | United States |
Languages | Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles |
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Children of the Ritz is a 1929 sound drama film from First National Pictures. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The film stars Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall. The plot is based on a Cornell Woolrich story.
Plot
A spoiled rich girl falls for a poor chauffeur. Their situations are changed when her family loses all their money and he wins $50,000 at a racetrack. They get married, but it's not long before she starts spending their money the way she used to spend hers.
Cast
- Dorothy Mackaill - Angela Pennington
- Jack Mulhall - Dewey Haines
- James Ford - Gil Pennington
- Richard Carlyle - Mr. Pennington
- Evelyn Hall - Mrs. Pennington
- Kathryn McGuire - Lyle Pennington
- Frank Hall Crane - Butler (*Frank Crayne)
- Edmund Burns - Jerry Wilder (*Eddie Burns)
- Doris Dawson - Margie Haines
- Aggie Herring - Mrs. Haines
- Lee Moran - Gaffney
Music
The film featured a theme song entitled "Some Sweet Day" which was composed by Nat Shilkret and Lew Pollack.
Preservation status
Two reels of the film survive at the Eye Filmmuseum archive with an estimated running time of sixteen minutes.
See also
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