Dry Martini (film)

Dry Martini
Mary Astor and Albert Conti in the film
Directed by	Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
Written by	Douglas Z. Doty
Produced by	William Fox
Starring	Mary Astor
Cinematography	Conrad Wells
Edited by	Frank E. Hull
Music by	Erno Rapee
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	October 7, 1928 (1928-10-07)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles)

Dry Martini is a 1928 synchronized sound film comedy produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation starring Mary Astor and Matt Moore. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process. Samuel L. Rothafel also contributed music for the film. It was adapted from the 1926 novel Dry Martini: a Gentleman Turns to Love by John Thomas. Ray Flynn was an assistant director. ^{[1] [2]}

This film is lost. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Plot

Wealthy divorced American Willoughby Quimby has been living in Paris, France for ten years when he learns his adult daughter Elizabeth is coming to visit. He has been living the high life full of wine and women but decides to forego both during her stay. Elizabeth gets bored with him so she begins seeing rakish artist Paul De Launay. Quimby's young pal Freddie Fletcher saves Elizabeth from the clutches of de Launay in the nick of time. After Elizabeth's marriage to Freddie, her father returns to his wanton ways.

Cast

• Mary Astor  – Elizabeth Quimby
• Matt Moore  – Freddie Fletcher
• Sally Eilers  – Lucille Grosvenor
• Albert Gran  – Willoughby Quimby
• Albert Conti  – Paul De Launay
• Tom Ricketts  – Joseph
• Hugh Trevor  – Bobbie Duncan
• John Webb Dillon  – Frank
• Marcelle Corday  – Mrs. Koenig

See also

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

References

1. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
2. Dry Martini at silentera.com
3. Dry Martini at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Fox Film Corporation 1928 Archived December 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
4. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Dry Martini
5. Dry Martini at TheGreatStars.com; Lost Films Wanted ^[usurped] (Wayback Machine)

External links

• Dry Martini at IMDb
• MRQE plot summary for Dry Martini
• AllMovie.com
• Moviessilently.com, May 6, 2013 Archived March 2, 2019, at the Wayback Machine