Pleasure Crazed

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Pleasure Crazed
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Directed by Donald Gallaher
Charles Klein
Screenplay by Douglas Z. Doty
Clare Kummer
Based onThe Scent of Sweet Almonds
by Monckton Hoffe
Starring Marguerite Churchill
Kenneth MacKenna
Dorothy Burgess
Campbell Gullan
Douglas Gilmore
Henry Kolker
Cinematography Glen MacWilliams
Ernest Palmer
Edited byJ. Edwin Robbins
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • July 7, 1929 (1929-07-07)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Pleasure Crazed is a 1929 American drama film directed by Donald Gallaher and Charles Klein and written by Douglas Z. Doty and Clare Kummer. The film stars Marguerite Churchill, Kenneth MacKenna, Dorothy Burgess, Campbell Gullan, Douglas Gilmore, and Henry Kolker. The film was released on July 7, 1929, by Fox Film Corporation. [1] [2] [3]

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The film is believed to be lost.

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References

  1. "Pleasure Crazed (1929) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  2. Hal Erickson. "Pleasure Crazed (1929) - Donald Gallagher, Charles Klein". AllMovie. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  3. "Pleasure Crazed". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved April 1, 2018.