The Shopworn Angel (1928 film)
| The Shopworn Angel | |
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| Directed by | Richard Wallace |
| Written by | Howard Estabrook Albert S. LeVino Tom Miranda (intertitles) |
| Starring | Nancy Carroll Gary Cooper |
| Cinematography | Charles Lang |
| Music by | Ben Bergunker Andrea Setaro |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 80 minutes 7,112 feet (silent version) 7,377 feet (sound version)[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Shopworn Angel (1928) is a part-talking film from Paramount Pictures starring Nancy Carroll and Gary Cooper.[2] The film was released in a silent version as well as a sound version using the Movietone sound-on-film system.[3] This film was owned by Turner Entertainment and was distributed through Warner Bros.
Cast
- Nancy Carroll as Daisy Heath
- Gary Cooper as William Tyler
- Paul Lukas as Bailey
- Roscoe Karns as the dance director
Sound
This film was nearing completion when The Jazz Singer (1927) was released. Dialogue was written for Gary Cooper and Nancy Carroll to compete with "talking pictures". The last scene was a wedding and the only lines of dialogue spoken in the film are Cooper's "I do" and Carroll's "I do". In addition, Carroll is also heard singing the theme song.
Preservation status
This film survives in an incomplete form at the Library of Congress.
References
- ^ The Shopworn Angel at SilentEra
- ^ "The Shopworn Angel". AFI. afi.com. Retrieved December 29, 2015.
- ^ The Shopworn Angel at SilentEra
External links
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