Power Over Men is a 1929 British sound mystery film directed by George Banfield and starring Isabel Jeans, Jameson Thomas and Wyndham Standing. 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 made at Walthamstow Studios in London.

Power Over Men
Directed byGeorge Banfield
Written byGeorge Banfield
Denison Clift
Produced byGeorge Banfield
StarringIsabel Jeans
Jameson Thomas
Wyndham Standing
Gibb McLaughlin
Production
company
Distributed byParamount British Pictures
Release date
  • April 1929 (1929-04)
Running time
6,918 feet[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
English Intertitles

Cast edit

Music edit

The film featured a theme song entitled “That’s All Love Means to You” by Norton Greenop (music) and Pat K. Heale (words).

References edit

  1. ^ Low p.430

Bibliography edit

  • Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

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