Red Hot Rhythm
1929 film
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Red Hot Rhythm (1929) is an American pre-Code early sound musical film directed by Leo McCarey, and starring Alan Hale Sr., Kathryn Crawford, Walter O'Keefe, and Josephine Dunn.
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| Directed by | Leo McCarey |
| Produced by | William Conselman Joseph P. Kennedy |
| Starring | Alan Hale Sr. Kathryn Crawford Walter O'Keefe Josephine Dunn |
| Cinematography | John J. Mescall |
| Music by | Josiah Zuro (uncredited) |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
As originally released by Pathé Exchange, the film featured sequences in Multicolor.[1] However the whole film was considered a lost film, except one number in color, the title song that survives.[2]
Cast
- Alan Hale Sr. as Walter
- Kathryn Crawford as Mary
- Walter O'Keefe as Sam
- Josephine Dunn as Claire
- Anita Garvin as Mable
- Ilka Chase as Mrs. Fioretta
- Ernest Hilliard as Eddie Graham
- Harry Bowen as Whiffle
- James Clemens as Singe (credited as Jimmy Clemons)
Music
The film featured six songs ("Red Hot Rhythm," "Out Of The Past," "At Last I'm In Love," "My Idea Of Heaven," "When You're A Part Of Me" and "The Night That Elmer Died") which were all composed by Walter O'Keefe and Robert Emmett Dolan.
