Finders Keepers (1928 film)

Finders Keepers is an extant 1928 American silent military comedy film directed by Wesley Ruggles and Otis B. Thayer and starring Laura La Plante and John Harron.[1][2] Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was prepared late in 1928. While the sound version has no audible dialog, it features a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film may or may not be a remake of a 1921 film Finders Keepers singularly directed by Thayer.

Finders Keepers
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Directed byWesley Ruggles
Otis B. Thayer
Written byRobert Ames Bennett
Beatrice Van
Tom Reed (intertiles)
Based on"Make Them Happy"
by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Produced byCarl Laemmle
StarringLaura La Plante
John Harron
CinematographyVirgil Miller
Edited byLee Halen
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • March 11, 1928 (1928-03-11)
Running time
68 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent Version
Sound Version (Synchronized)
English intertitles

Cast

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Music

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The sound version featured a theme song entitled “Finders Keepers (Losers Weepers)” by Paul Corbel and Merton H. Bories.

Preservation

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This silent version of the film is preserved in The Library of Congress from elements preserved and prepared by Universal.[3] Its trailer also exists in the Library of Congress.[4]

References

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  1. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Finders Keepers
  2. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Finders Keepers at silentera.com
  3. ^ The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Finders Keepers
  4. ^ [Trailer],Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 57, c.1978 by The American Film Institute
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