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Take the Heir

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Take the Heir
Directed byLloyd Ingraham
Written byBeatrice Van
Produced byJohn R. Freuler
C.A. Stimson
StarringEdward Everett Horton
Dorothy Devore
Edythe Chapman
CinematographyAllen G. Siegler
Production
company
Screen Story Syndicate
Distributed byBig 4 Film Corporation
Release date
  • January 15, 1930 (1930-01-15)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles

Take the Heir is a 1930 American synchronized comedy sound film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Edward Everett Horton, Dorothy Devore and Edythe Chapman.[1] While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects and featured a theme song that was sung by an uncredited tenor. The film was produced during the transition to sound film and a separate silent version was also released. Location shooting took place around Broadway. A review in the Motion Picture News considered the film "very, very weak" and a waste of Everett Horton's talents.

Plot

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An English aristocrat Lord Tweedham inherits property in the United States. However, when he arrives he is in such a drunken state that his valet Smithers is forced to impersonate him. At the house of the executor Smithers falls in love with Susan the maid while being pursued by his daughter Muriel under the impression that he is Tweedham.

Cast

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Music

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The film features a theme song entitled "I Always Knew It Would Be You" with music by J.M. Coopersmith and lyrics by Cliff Hess.

References

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  1. ^ Pitts p.62

Bibliography

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  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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