Black Magic (1929 film)

Black Magic
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Directed by	George B. Seitz
Written by	Beulah Marie Dix
Based on	Cape Smoke 1925 play by Walter Archer Frost Paul Dickey The Man Between 1913 novel by Walter Archer Frost
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Josephine Dunn
Cinematography	Glen MacWilliams
Edited by	Katherine Hilliker
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	August 27, 1929 (1929-08-27)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized) English Intertitles

Black Magic is a 1929 American Synchronized sound pre-Code drama film directed by George B. Seitz. ^[1]

While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. The sound was recorded using the Movietone sound system sound-on-film process and then transferred to sound-on-disc format for those theatres who could only play the sound-on-disc format. As of 2024, no prints of the film survive in archives. ^[2]

Cast

• Josephine Dunn as Katherine Bradbroke
• Earle Foxe as Hugh Darrell
• John Holland as John Ormsby
• Henry B. Walthall as Dr. Bradbroke
• Dorothy Jordan as Ann Bradbroke
• Fritz Feld as James Fraser
• Sheldon Lewis as Witchdoctor
• Ivan Linow as Zelig
• Blue Washington as Unit

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

1. Hal Erickson (2012). "NY Times: Black Magic". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
2. "Black Magic". Library of Congress. Retrieved November 9, 2020.

External links

• Black Magic at IMDb
• Black Magic at the TCM Movie Database
• Black Magic at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films