Clear the Decks | |
Director: | Joseph Henabery |
Screenplay: | Earle Snell Gladys Lehman Albert DeMond Charles Henry Smith |
Starring: | Reginald Denny Olive Hasbrouck Otis Harlan Lucien Littlefield Collette Merton Robert Anderson |
Cinematography: | Arthur L. Todd |
Editing: | Bernard W. Burton John English |
Studio: | Universal Pictures |
Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
Runtime: | 70 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles |
Clear the Decks is a 1929 American sound part-talkie comedy film directed by Joseph Henabery and written by Earle Snell, Gladys Lehman, Albert DeMond and Charles Henry Smith. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Western Electric sound-on-film system. The film is based on the 1926 novel When the Devil Was Sick by E.J. Rath. The film stars Reginald Denny, Olive Hasbrouck, Otis Harlan, Lucien Littlefield, Collette Merton and Robert Anderson. The film was released on March 3, 1929, by Universal Pictures.[1] [2] [3]