Excess Baggage (1928 film)

Excess Baggage
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
Release date	September 8, 1928 (1928-09-08)(United States)
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]}

Cast

• William Haines – Eddie Kane
• Josephine Dunn – Elsa McCoy
• Neely Edwards – Jimmy Dunn
• Kathleen Clifford – Mabel Ford
• Greta Granstedt – Betty Ford
• Ricardo Cortez – Val D'Ierrico
• Cyril Chadwick – Crammon
• Delmer Daves (uncredited)

Music

This film featured a theme song entitled "In A Little Hide-Away" which was composed by William Axt, David Mendoza and Howard Dietz.

See also

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

References

1. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Excess Baggage
2. Excess Baggage at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Metro Goldwyn Mayer films - 1928 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
3. play version of Excess Baggage as presented on Broadway at the Ritz Theatre, December 1927-June 1928; IBDb.com
4. White Munden, Kenneth (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 221. ISBN   0-520-20969-9.
5. Excess Baggage at silentera.com
6. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Excess Baggage

External links

• Excess Baggage at IMDb