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A Race for Life | |
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Directed by | D. Ross Lederman |
Written by | James A. Starr (titles) |
Screenplay by | Charles R. Condon |
Story by | Charles R. Condon |
Starring | Rin Tin Tin |
Cinematography | Edwin B. DuPar |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 5 reels |
Country | United States |
Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Budget | $68,000 [1] |
Box office | $243,000 [1] |
A Race for Life is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman. [2] While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process. Originally, the film was presumed to be lost. [3] However, according to the Library of Congress Database, a print was found in the archives of a film museum in the Netherlands. [4] [5] The film was released with a Vitaphone soundtrack with a synchronised musical score and sound effects.
According to Warner Bros. records, the film earned $168,000 domestically and $75,000 foreign. [1]
A print is preserved at Filmmuseum in the Netherlands, at the EYE Film Institute. [6]