A Race for Life

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A Race for Life
Race for Life lobby card.jpg
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Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Written byJames A. Starr (titles)
Screenplay by Charles R. Condon
Story byCharles R. Condon
Starring Rin Tin Tin
Cinematography Edwin B. DuPar
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • January 28, 1928 (1928-01-28)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited 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.

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Box office

According to Warner Bros. records, the film earned $168,000 domestically and $75,000 foreign. [1]

Preservation status

A print is preserved at Filmmuseum in the Netherlands, at the EYE Film Institute. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Warner Bros financial information in The William Schaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 6 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ↑ Hal Erickson (2014). "A Race for Life". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on December 8, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ A Race for Life at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Warner Brothers films - 1928 Archived December 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (the film exists in Netherlands)
  4. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: A Race for Life at silentera.com
  5. ↑ "A Race for Life". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 9, 2014.
  6. ↑ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Race for Life
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