The Love Racket
1929 film
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The Love Racket is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) crime drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was directed by William A. Seiter and starred Dorothy Mackaill. It is based on a Broadway play, The Woman on the Jury by Bernard K. Burns, and is a remake of a 1924 silent film of the same name which starred Bessie Love.[1][2] The film is now considered lost.[3][4]
Directed byWilliam A. Seiter
Written byAdele Comandini
John F. Goodrich
John F. Goodrich
Based onThe Woman on the Jury
by Bernard K. Burns
by Bernard K. Burns
StarringDorothy Mackaill
| The Love Racket | |
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| Directed by | William A. Seiter |
| Written by | Adele Comandini John F. Goodrich |
| Based on | The Woman on the Jury by Bernard K. Burns |
| Starring | Dorothy Mackaill |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | John Rawlins |
| Music by | Cecil Copping Alois Reiser |
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| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Myrtle Stedman reprises her role from the 1924 silent version in this film.
Plot
Cast
- Dorothy Mackaill as Betty Brown
- Sidney Blackmer as Fred Masters
- Edmund Burns as George Wayne
- Myrtle Stedman as Marion Masters
- Edwards Davis as Judge Davis
- Webster Campbell as Prosecuting Attorney
- Clarence Burton as Defense Attorney
- Alice Day as Grace Pierce
- Edith Yorke as Mrs. Pierce
- Martha Mattox as Mrs. Slade
- Tom Mahoney as Detective McGuire
- Jack Curtis as John Gerrity
Music
The film featured a theme song entitled "Because You Belong To Me" which was composed by Felix Bernard, Stanley F. Weiner and J. Warren Morse.
