''Red Hot Rhythm'' (1929) is an American pre-Code early

sound In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the ...

musical film directed by Leo McCarey, and starring

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, Kathryn Crawford, Walter O'Keefe, and Josephine Dunn. As originally released by Pathé Exchange, the film featured sequences in

Multicolor Multicolor is a subtractive two-color motion picture process. Multicolor, introduced to the motion picture industry in 1929, was based on the earlier Prizma Color process, and was the forerunner of Cinecolor. For a Multicolor film, a scen ...

. However the whole film was considered a

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, except one number in color, the title song that survives.

Cast

as Walter * Kathryn Crawford as Mary * Walter O'Keefe as Sam * Josephine Dunn as Claire *

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as Mable * Ilka Chase as Mrs. Fioretta * Ernest Hilliard as Eddie Graham * Harry Bowen as Whiffle *James Clemens as Singe (as Jimmy Clemons)

References

1. The American Film Institute Desk Reference: The Complete Guide to Everything You Need to Know about the Movies

External links

* 1920s color films 1929 lost films 1929 films 1929 musical films Early color films Films directed by Leo McCarey American musical films Lost American films 1920s American films Pathé Exchange films {{1920s-US-film-stub