Excess Baggage | |
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Directed by | James Cruze |
Written by | Francis Marion Ralph Spence (titles) |
Screenplay by | Ralph Spence |
Based on | Excess Baggage by John McGowan |
Produced by | James Cruze Julius Hagen |
Starring | William Haines Josephine Dunn |
Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
Edited by | George Hively |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Excess Baggage is a lost [1] [2] 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by James Cruze and distributed by MGM. 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 film was based on the 1927 play of the same name by John McGowan. [3] The film starred William Haines, Josephine Dunn and Kathleen Clifford. [4] [5] [6]
This film featured a theme song entitled "In A Little Hide-Away" which was composed by William Axt, David Mendoza and Howard Dietz.