Blue Skies (1929 film)
1929 film
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Blue Skies is a 1929 American Synchronized sound drama film directed by Alfred L. Werker and starring Carmencita Johnson, Freddie Burke Frederick, and Ethel Wales.[1] While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film Movietone process. The film is based on a short story called The Matron's Report by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan.[2] The short story also formed the basis for 1936's Little Miss Nobody.[2][3]
Directed byAlfred L. Werker
CinematographyL. William O'Connell
| Blue Skies | |
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Film poster | |
| Directed by | Alfred L. Werker |
| Written by | Malcolm Stuart Boylan Frederick Hazlitt Brennan John Stone |
| Starring | Carmencita Johnson Freddie Burke Frederick Ethel Wales |
| Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Cast
- Carmencita Johnson as Dorothy May
- Freddie Burke Frederick as Richard Lewis
- Ethel Wales as Matron
- Helen Twelvetrees as Dorothy May
- Frank Albertson as Richard Lewis
- Rosa Gore as Nellie Crouch
- William Orlamond as Janitor
- E.H. Calvert as Mr. Semple Jones
- Evelyn Hall as Mrs. Semple Jones
- Claude King as Richard Danforth
- Adele Watson as First Assistant Matron
- Helen Jerome Eddy as Second Assistant Matron
- Mickey Martin
- Dickie Moore
- Coy Watson
- Delmar Watson
- Harry Watson
- Virginia Bruce as Party Guest
- John Darrow as Dorothy's Beau / Party Guest
