''Saturday's Children'' is a 1929 American sound
part-talkie romantic-comedy film directed by
Gregory La Cava
Gregory La Cava (March 10, 1892 – March 1, 1952) was an American film director of Italian descent best known for his films of the 1930s, including ''My Man Godfrey'' and ''Stage Door'', which earned him nominations for Academy Award for Best ...
, and starring
Corinne Griffith,
Grant Withers,
Albert Conti
Albert Maroica Blasius Franz Maria, ''Ritter'' Conti von Cedassamare (29 January 1887 – 18 January 1967), commonly known as Albert Conti, was an Austrian Americans, Austrian-American actor. He was a member of the noble Kaboga family.
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,
Alma Tell,
Lucien Littlefield
Lucien Littlefield (August 16, 1895 – June 4, 1960) was an American actor who achieved a long career from silent films to the television era. He was noted for his versatility, playing a wide range of roles and already portraying old men befor ...
. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. According to the film review in Variety, 60 percent of the total running time featured dialogue. The sound was recorded via the
Vitaphone
Vitaphone was a sound film system used for feature films and nearly 1,000 short subjects made by Warner Bros. and its sister studio First National Pictures, First National from 1926 to 1931. Vitaphone is the last major analog sound-on-disc sys ...
sound-on-disc process. The film was released by
Warner Bros.
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on April 14, 1929. The film is based on the 1927 play ''Saturday's Children'' by
Maxwell Anderson
James Maxwell Anderson (December 15, 1888 – February 28, 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist, and lyricist.
Anderson faced many challenges in his career, frequently losing jobs for expressing his opinions or supporting ...
.
Cast
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Corinne Griffith as Bobby Halevy
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Grant Withers as Rims Rosson
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Albert Conti
Albert Maroica Blasius Franz Maria, ''Ritter'' Conti von Cedassamare (29 January 1887 – 18 January 1967), commonly known as Albert Conti, was an Austrian Americans, Austrian-American actor. He was a member of the noble Kaboga family.
Biograph ...
as Mengle
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Alma Tell as Florrie
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Lucien Littlefield
Lucien Littlefield (August 16, 1895 – June 4, 1960) was an American actor who achieved a long career from silent films to the television era. He was noted for his versatility, playing a wide range of roles and already portraying old men befor ...
as Willie
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Charles Willis Lane as Mr. Henry Halevy
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Anne Schaefer as Mrs. Halevy
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Marcia Harris as Mrs. Gorlick
Music
The film featured a theme song entitled "I Still Believe In You" which was composed by Harry Akst, Grant Clark and Benny Davis.
Preservation
The film is now considered
lost.
American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Saturday's Children''
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See also
* List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part or full talking feature films made in the United States and Europe during the transition from silent film to sound film, sound, between 1926 and 1929. During this time a variety of recording syst ...
References
External links
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1929 romantic comedy films
1929 films
American black-and-white films
Warner Bros. films
Transitional sound films
Lost American romantic comedy films
American films based on plays
1929 lost films
Films directed by Gregory La Cava
1920s English-language films
1920s American films
English-language romantic comedy films
Part-talkie films
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