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The Love Trap
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 6233 feet
Directed by William Wyler
Cast: Laura La Plante [Evelyn Todd], Neil Hamilton [Paul Harrington], Norman Trevor [Judge Harrington], Robert Ellis [Guy Emory], Jocelynn Lee (Jocelyn Lee) [Bunny], Clarissa Selwynne [Mrs. Harrington], Rita LaRoy [Iris Harrington]; Rolfe Sedan [a drunk], Earl McCarthy
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation [A William Wyler Production]. / Screenplay by John B. Clymer and Clarence J. Marks, with dialogue by Clarence Thompson, from a screen story by Edward J. Montagne. Cinematography by Gilbert Warrenton. Film editor, Maurice Pivar. Intertitles written by Albert De Mond. Music by Joseph Cherniavsky. Presented by Carl Laemmle. / Released 4 August 1929. / Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (sound version) and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (silent version). Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version, (at 6349 feet), by Universal Pictures Corporation in 1929. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Comedy: Romance.
Synopsis: Synopsis available in Hirschhorn-Universal p. 62.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Dancers: Chorus girls - Evictions - Law: Judges - Lost jobs - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 31 January 2025.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Drew-Speaking pp. 89-90, 104, 107, 278; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 62 : ClasIm-330 p. 16 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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