Cupid in Clover

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Cupid in Clover
Directed by Frank Miller
Written by Upton Gray
Frank Miller
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Screen Productions
Release date
  • February 1929 (1929-02)
Running time
6,481 feet [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cupid in Clover is a 1929 British sound romance film directed by Frank Miller and starring George Wynn, Winifred Evans and Herbert Langley. [2] While the film has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects along with a theme song. The film was adapted from the novel Yellow Corn by Upton Gray and made at Isleworth Studios in London.

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The film featured a theme song entitled "Yellow Corn" by Pat Heale, Stanley Damerell and Robert Hargreaves (words) and Harry Tilsley and Tolchard Evans (music).

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  2. "BFI | Film & TV Database | CUPID IN CLOVER (1929)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

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