The Time, the Place and the Girl (1929 film)

The Time, the Place and the Girl
theatrical release poster
Directed by	Howard Bretherton
Written by	Robert Lord De Leon Anthony (titles)
Based on	The Time, the Place, and the Girl 1907 play by Frank R. Adams William M. Hough Joseph E. Howard
Starring	Grant Withers Betty Compson
Cinematography	John Stumar
Edited by	Jack Killifer
Music by	Alois Reiser
Production company	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	July 8, 1929 (1929-07-08)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Time, the Place and the Girl is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) pre-Code black-and-white musical film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Grant Withers and Betty Compson. It is based on the 1907 musical play of the same name. ^[1] It is not related to the 1946 musical film of The Time, the Place and the Girl .

Since the 1970s, the film has been considered lost, ^[2] with only its soundtrack remaining.^{[ citation needed ] [3]}

Cast

• Grant Withers as Jim Crane
• Betty Compson as Doris Ward
• Gertrude Olmstead as Mae Ellis
• James Kirkwood, Sr. as The Professor
• Vivien Oakland as Mrs. Davis
• Gretchen Hartman as Mrs. Winters
• Irene Haisman as Mrs. Parks
• John Davidson as Pete Ward
• Gerald King as Radio announcer
• Bert Roach as Bert Holmes

Soundtrack

• "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now"

Written by Joseph E. Howard and Harold Orlob

Lyrics by William M. Hough and Frank R. Adams

• "Collegiate"

Written by Moe Jaffe and Nat Bonx

• "Collegiana"

Written by Jimmy McHugh and Dorothy Fields

• "Doin' the Raccoon"

Written by Raymond Klages, J. Fred Coots and Herb Magidson

• "Fashionette"

Written by Robert King and Jack Glogau

• "Jack and Jill"

Written Larry Spier and Sam Coslow

• "How Many Times"

Written by Irving Berlin

• "Everything I Do I Do For You"

Written by Al Sherman

• "If You Could Care"

Written by E. Ray Goetz, Arthur Wimperis and Herman Darewski

See also

• List of lost films
• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
• List of early Warner Bros. sound and talking features

References

1. "The Time, the Place and the Girl". IBDB. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
2. "Lost Film Files – Warner". www.silentsaregolden.com.
3. "filmbrary.html". March 22, 2016. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016.

External links

• The Time, the Place and the Girl at IMDb
• The Time, the Place and the Girl at the TCM Movie Database
• ​The Time, the Place and the Girl​ at the Internet Broadway Database
• The Time, the Place and the Girl at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films