One Stolen Night | |
Director: | Scott R. Dunlap |
Starring: | Betty Bronson William Collier Jr. Mitchell Lewis Harry Todd Charles Hill Mailes |
Cinematography: | Frank Kesson |
Studio: | Warner Bros. |
Distributor: | Warner Bros. |
Budget: | $87,000[1] |
Gross: | $242,000 |
Runtime: | 58 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles |
One Stolen Night is a 1929 American sound part-talkie adventure crime film directed by Scott R. Dunlap, and starring Betty Bronson, William Collier Jr., Mitchell Lewis, Harry Todd, and Charles Hill Mailes. 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 Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film is based on the short story The Arab by D. D. Calhoun. It is a remake of the 1923 film with the same name. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 16, 1929.[2] [3] [4]
The film features a theme song entitled "My Cairo Love" with music by J.S. Zamecnik and lyrics by Harry D. Kerr.
According to Warner Bros records, the film earned $227,000 domestically and $15,000 foreign.[1]
The film survives in a 9.5mm copy at the BFI film archive.[5]