Saturday's Children (1929 film) explained

Saturday's Children
Director:Gregory La Cava
Starring:Corinne Griffith
Grant Withers
Albert Conti
Alma Tell
Lucien Littlefield
Music:Alois Reiser
Cinematography:John F. Seitz
Editing:Hugh Bennett
Studio:Walter Morosco Productions
First National Pictures
Distributor:Warner Bros.
Released: (Part-Talkie)
Runtime:90 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Sound (Part-Talkie)
English Intertitles

Saturday's Children is a 1929 American sound part-talkie romantic-comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava, and starring Corinne Griffith, Grant Withers, Albert Conti, Alma Tell, Lucien Littlefield. 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 sound was recorded via the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process. The film was released by Warner Bros. on April 14, 1929.[1] [2] [3] The film is based on the 1927 play Saturday's Children by Maxwell Anderson.

Cast

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.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saturday's Children. afi.com. April 12, 2018.
  2. Web site: Saturday's Children. AllMovie. April 12, 2018.
  3. Web site: Saturday's Children. TCM.com. April 12, 2018.
  4. http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8915/default.html American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Saturday's Children