True Heaven Explained

True Heaven
Director:	James Tinling
Producer:	Kenneth Hawks
Screenplay:	Malcolm Stuart Boylan Dwight Cummins
Starring:	George O'Brien Lois Moran Phillips Smalley Oscar Apfel Duke Martin André Cheron
Cinematography:	Conrad Wells
Studio:	Fox Film Corporation
Distributor:	Fox Film Corporation
Runtime:	61 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Sound (Synchronized) English

True Heaven is a 1929 American sound drama film directed by James Tinling, written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan and Dwight Cummins, and starring George O'Brien, Lois Moran, Phillips Smalley, Oscar Apfel, Duke Martin, and André Cheron. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. It was released on February 17, 1929, by Fox Film Corporation.^{[1] [2]}

Plot

In Belgium during World War I, a British officer becomes romantically attached to a café singer who turns out to be a German spy.

Cast

• George O'Brien as Lieutenant Philip Gresson
• Lois Moran as Judith
• Phillips Smalley as British Colonel Mason
• Oscar Apfel as German General
• Duke Martin as British Sergeant Major
• André Cheron as British Spy
• Donald MacKenzie as British Colonel
• Hedwiga Reicher as Madame Grenot
• Will Stanton as Gresson's Chauffeur

Music

The film featured a theme song entitled "True Heaven" which was composed by Dave Stamper and William Kernell.

See also

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

External links

• • • lobby poster

Notes and References

1. Web site: True Heaven (1929) - Overview . TCM.com . January 20, 1929 . October 20, 2015.
2. Web site: Hall . Mordaunt . Movie Review - Der Student von Prag - THE SCREEN; Uncle Sam's Navy Fliers. . NYTimes.com . February 11, 1929 . October 20, 2015.