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Girl on the Barge

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The Girl on the Barge
Poster
Directed byEdward Sloman
Written byNan Cochrane
Charles Kenyon
Tom Reed
Charles Henry Smith
Story byRupert Hughes
StarringJean Hersholt
Sally O'Neil
CinematographyJackson Rose
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • February 3, 1929 (1929-02-03)
Running time
8 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Girl on the Barge is a 1929 American drama film directed by Edward Sloman and starring Jean Hersholt and Sally O'Neil. Released during the transition to talkies, the Universal Pictures production was essentially a silent film with some talking sequences.[1]

Cast

  • Jean Hersholt as McCadden
  • Sally O'Neil as Erie McCadden
  • Malcolm McGregor as Fogarty
  • Morris Mackintosh as Huron McCadden (as Morris McIntosh)
  • Nancy Kelly as Superior McCadden
  • George Offerman Sr. as Ontario McCadden (as George Offerman)
  • Henry West as Tug Captain
  • J. Francis Robertson as Engineer

Production

Although set on the Erie Canal, The Girl on the Barge was filmed on the Champlain Canal in upper New York with the film crew set up in Glens Falls as the Erie Canal looked too modern and commercialized for the story.[2]

References

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Girl on the Barge at silentera.com
  2. ^ Gooley, Lawrence P., Whitehall Movie: The Girl on the Barge, Adirondack Almanack, Jan. 10, 2011

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