Honeymoon Limited | |
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Directed by | Arthur Lubin |
Written by | Dorothy Reid Betty Burbridge |
Based on | novel by Vida Hurst |
Produced by | Mrs Wallace Reid executive Trem Carr |
Starring | Neil Hamilton Lloyd Hughes |
Cinematography | John W Boyle |
Edited by | Ernie Leadley |
Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 mins |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
A publisher bets an author that he won't be able to write a romantic adventure novel while on a walking trip from New York to San Francisco.
Monogram bought the story from Vida Hurst in March 1934. [3]
In March 1935 it was announced the film would be supervised by Mrs Wallace Reid. [4] She had already produced Women Must Dress and Redhead for Monogram. [5]
Neil Hamilton appeared in the film under a two picture contract he signed with Trem Carr, head of Monogram. The other he did under contract was Keeper of the Bees . [6]
It was the third film Lubin directed for Monogram. [7] The Los Angeles Times said Lubin "had directed very successfully one or two other pictures which causes the belief that this feature will be especially bright lighted." [8]
Filming took place in March 1935. [9] The cast included several stars from the silent era such as Helene Costello, Neil Hamilton and Lloyd Hughes. [10]
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