Speakeasy (1929 film)

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Speakeasy
Speakeasy poster.jpg
Poster for film
Directed by Benjamin Stoloff
Written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
Edwin J. Burke
Based onSpeakeasy
by George Rosener and Edward Knoblock
Produced by William Fox
Starring Paul Page
Lola Lane
Henry B. Walthall
Helen Ware
Sharon Lynn
Cinematography Joseph A. Valentine
Edited byJ. Edwin Robbins
Distributed by Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • March 8, 1929 (1929-03-08)(U.S.)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
"Speakeasy" ad from The Film Daily, 1929 "Speakeasy" ad from The Film Daily, Jan-Jun 1929 (page 654 crop).jpg
"Speakeasy" ad from The Film Daily , 1929

Speakeasy is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code sports drama film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and adapted by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and Edwin J. Burke. The picture was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Lola Lane and Paul Page played the lead roles. John Wayne had a minor role in the film as a speakeasy patron. All film elements to this movie are considered lost, but Movietone discs of the soundtrack survive. [1]

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