Twin Beds (1929 film)

Twin Beds
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Directed by	Alfred Santell
Screenplay by	F. McGrew Willis
Based on	Twin Beds by Edward Salisbury Field Margaret Mayo
Starring	Jack Mulhall Patsy Ruth Miller Edythe Chapman Knute Erickson Jocelyn Lee Nita Martan
Cinematography	Sol Polito
Edited by	LeRoy Stone
Production company	First National Pictures
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	July 14, 1929 (1929-07-14)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Twin Beds is a 1929 American sound (All-Talking) comedy film directed by Alfred Santell and written by F. McGrew Willis. It is based on the 1914 play Twin Beds by Edward Salisbury Field and Margaret Mayo. The film stars Jack Mulhall, Patsy Ruth Miller, Edythe Chapman, Knute Erickson, Jocelyn Lee and Nita Martan. The film was released by Warner Bros. on July 14, 1929. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Plot

Elsie Dolan (Patsy Ruth Miller), accidentally finding herself in the office of songwriter Danny Brown (Jack Mulhall), achieves Broadway success with Danny's help. Marrying Danny out of gratitude, she is temporarily enchanted by her egotistical leading man Monty Solari (Armand Kaliz), leading to an evening of misunderstandings, door-slammings and hasty retreats under the bed when the very-married Solari wanders drunkenly into Danny and Elsie's apartment. Previously filmed in 1920, Twin Beds was memorably remade in 1942 with George Brent, Joan Bennett and Mischa Auer.

Cast

• Jack Mulhall as Danny Brown
• Patsy Ruth Miller as Elsie Dolan
• Edythe Chapman as Ma Dolan
• Knute Erickson as Pa Dolan
• Jocelyn Lee as Mazie Dolan
• Nita Martan as Bobby Dolan
• ZaSu Pitts as Tillie
• Armand Kaliz as Monty Solari
• Gertrude Astor as Mrs. Solari
• Carl M. Leviness as Jason Treejohn
• Alice Lake as Mrs. Treejohn
• Ben Hendricks Jr. as Pete Trapp
• Eddie Gribbon as Red Trapp
• Bert Roach as Edward J. Small

Music

The theme songs for the film were written by written by Alfred Bryan and George W. Meyer. The main theme song was entitled "If You Were Mine" and is played frequently as background music by the Vitaphone orchestra throughout the film. "The Chicken Walk," and "My Wee Bonnie Jean" are the secondary theme songs.

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)

References

1. "Twin Beds (1929) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
2. Hal Erickson. "Twin Beds (1929) - Alfred Santell". AllMovie. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
3. "Twin Beds". Catalog.afi.com. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

External links

• Twin Beds at IMDb