Girl Overboard (1929 film) explained

Girl Overboard
Director:	Wesley Ruggles
Producer:	Harry L. Decker
Story:	John B. Clymer
Starring:	Mary Philbin
Cinematography:	John Stumar
Editing:	Ray Curtiss
Distributor:	Universal Pictures
Runtime:	8 reels
Language:	Sound (Part-Talkie) English intertitles

Girl Overboard is a 1929 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Mary Philbin. 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 was distributed by Universal Pictures.^{[1] [2]}

The film is also known under the alternative titles of Salvage and Port of Dreams.

Cast

• Mary Philbin as Joan
• Fred Mackaye as Denton Ford Jr.
• Otis Harlan as Joe Evans
• Francis McDonald as Francisco
• Edmund Breese as Jim Keefe
• Wilfrid North as Judge
• Mary Alden

Preservation

With no prints of Girl Overboard located in any film archives,^[3] it is a lost film.^[4]

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "Today and Tomorrow" which was composed by Fred E. Ahlert, Joseph Cherniavsky, and Roy Turk.

See also

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/GirlOverboard1929.html Progressive Silent Film List: Girl Overboard
2. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=9372 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Girl Overboard
3. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5649/ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Girl Overboard
4. http://www.silentsaregolden.com/arneuniversal.html Girl Overboard or Port of Dreams at Lost Film Files: 1929 Universal films