Frozen River | |
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Directed by | F. Harmon Weight |
Written by | Harry Behn Anthony Coldeway James A. Starr |
Story by | John F. Fowler |
Starring | Rin Tin Tin Davey Lee |
Cinematography | Nelson Laraby |
Edited by | Harold McLernon |
Music by | Louis Silvers |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | April 20, 1929 |
Running time | 61 minutes; 6 reels |
Country | US |
Languages | Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles |
Budget | $98,000 [1] |
Box office | $318,000 [1] |
Frozen River is a lost 1929 sound part-talkie film directed by F. Harmon Weight and starring the canine star Rin Tin Tin and boy actor Davey Lee. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. Warner Bros. produced and distributed the film. [2]
According to Warner Bros records the film earned $241,000 domestically and $77,000 foreign. [1]
This is a lost film. [3] It was recorded using the Vitaphone sound on disc process.
According to the WildCat.org website, UCLA Film and Television Archive has a copy of the film. [4]
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