Saturday's Children (1929 film)

Saturday's Children
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Directed by	Gregory La Cava
Written by	Forrest Halsey (dialogue and scenario) Paul Perez (titles)
Based on	Saturday's Children by Maxwell Anderson
Starring	Corinne Griffith Grant Withers Albert Conti Alma Tell Lucien Littlefield
Cinematography	John F. Seitz
Edited by	Hugh Bennett
Music by	Alois Reiser
Production companies	Walter Morosco Productions First National Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	April 14, 1929 (1929-04-14) (Part-Talkie)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles

Saturday's Children is a 1929 American sound part-talkie romantic-comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava, and starring Corinne Griffith, Grant Withers, Albert Conti, Alma Tell, Lucien Littlefield. 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 sound was recorded via the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The film was released by Warner Bros. on April 14, 1929. The film is based on the 1927 play Saturday's Children by Maxwell Anderson.

Cast

• Corinne Griffith as Bobby Halevy
• Grant Withers as Rims Rosson
• Albert Conti as Mengle
• Alma Tell as Florrie
• Lucien Littlefield as Willie
• Charles Willis Lane as Mr. Henry Halevy
• Anne Schaefer as Mrs. Halevy
• Marcia Harris as Mrs. Gorlick

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "I Still Believe In You" which was composed by Harry Akst, Grant Clark and Benny Davis.

Preservation

The film is now considered lost.

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

External links

• Saturday's Children at IMDb