Melody Lane (1929 film)

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Melody Lane
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Directed by Robert F. Hill
Written by J.G. Hawks
Robert F. Hill
Tom Reed
Based onThe Understander
by Jo Swerling
Starring Eddie Leonard
Josephine Dunn
Rose Coe
Cinematography Joseph Brotherton
Edited by Daniel Mandell
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • July 21, 1929 (1929-07-21)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30,000

Melody Lane is a 1929 black and white American musical film directed by Robert F. Hill. It is an adaption to the play The Understander written by Jo Swerling. [1] [2]

Contents

Cast

Soundtrack

Written by Eddie Leonard
Performed by Eddie Leonard
Written by Charles E. King
Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.
Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.
Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.
Words and Music by Eddie Leonard, Grace Stern, and Jack Stern
Copyright 1929 by Irving Berlin Inc.

Production

Eddie Leonard's character when onstage is in blackface. The use of white actors in blackface for black character roles in Hollywood films did not begin to decline until the late 1930s, and is now considered highly offensive, disrespectful, and racist. [3]

Preservation

The film is now incomplete, with a 16mm copy of the last reel of the sound version, an incomplete print of the silent version (5 of the 6 reels) is also in the Library of Congress. An incomplete soundtrack (reels 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of 8) also survives in the hands of a private collector.

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