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Careers
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Ten reels / 8435 feet / 92 minutes
Directed by John Francis Dillon
Cast: Billie Dove [Hélène Gromaire], Antonio Moreno [Victor Gromaire], Thelma Todd [Hortense], Noah Beery [the president], Holmes Herbert [Carouge], Carmel Myers [the woman], Robert Frazer [Lavergne Sojin], Mademoiselle Kithnou, Andrés de Segurola, Robert Schable, Robert T. Haines, Marte Faust, Crauford Kent
First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Produced by Ned Marin. Scenario by Forrest Halsey, with dialogue by Forrest Halsey, from the play Karriere by Alfred Schirokauer and Paul Rosenhayn. Song "I Love You, I Hate You" by George W. Meyer (music) and Al Bryan (lyrics). Cinematography by John Seitz (John B. Seitz). Film editor, John Rawlins. Intertitles written by Paul Perez. Presented by Richard A. Rowland. / © 5 June 1929 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP510]. Released 2 June 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version, (at 6357 feet), by First National Pictures, Incorporated, on 14 July 1929. Dove’s first talkie. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects, and sound sequences.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 31 January 2025.
References: Edmonds-Todd p. 269; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 167 : Website-AFI.
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