Two Weeks Off Explained

Two Weeks Off
Director:	William Beaudine
Producer:	Richard A. Rowland
Screenplay:	F. McGrew Willis Joseph Poland
Starring:	Dorothy Mackaill
Music:	Alois Reiser (uncredited)
Cinematography:	Sidney Hickox
Editing:	Ralph Holt
Distributor:	First National Pictures^[1]
Runtime:	88 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Sound (Part-Talkie) English Intertitles

Two Weeks Off is a 1929 American sound part-talkie comedy film directed by William Beaudine.^[2] 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. A complete nitrate print survives at UCLA.^[3]

Cast

• Dorothy Mackaill as Kitty Weaver
• Jack Mulhall as Dave Pickett
• Gertrude Astor as Agnes
• James Finlayson as Pa Weaver
• Kate Price as Ma Weaver
• Jed Prouty as Harry
• Eddie Gribbon as Sid Winters
• Gertrude Messinger as Tessie McCann

Music

The film features a theme song entitled "Love Thrills" with words by Al Bryan and music by George W. Meyer.

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Two Weeks Off . February 19, 2015 . Library of Congress.
2. Web site: Two Weeks Off . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225025938/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/114879/Two-Weeks-Off/overview . dead . December 25, 2013 . Movies & TV Dept. . . . Hal Erickson . Hal Erickson (author) . 2013 . December 16, 2013 .
3. https://search.library.ucla.edu/permalink/01UCS_LAL/17p22dp/alma991278613506533 Two weeks off / First National Pictures ; presented by Richard A. Rowland ; director, William Beaudine ; scenario, F. McGrew Willis and Joseph Poland ; dialogue, Richard Weil.1929; 7 reels of 7 (ca. 7000 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm. nitrate print.