Sweet Surrender (film)

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Sweet Surrender
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Directed byMonte Brice
Screenplay byCharles Beahan
John V.A. Weaver
Story by Herbert Fields
Produced byMonte Brice
William Rowland
Starring Frank Parker
Tamara
Helen Lynd
Russ Brown
Arthur Pierson
Otis Sheridan
CinematographyWilliam Miller
Edited byLeo Zochling
Music by Rosario Bourdon
Production
company
Broadway Productions
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • December 1, 1935 (1935-12-01)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Sweet Surrender is a 1935 American musical film directed by Monte Brice, written by Charles Beahan and John V.A. Weaver, and starring Frank Parker, Tamara, Helen Lynd, Russ Brown, Arthur Pierson and Otis Sheridan. It was released on December 1, 1935, by Universal Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

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References

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