Excess Baggage is a lost[1][2] 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by James Cruze and distributed by MGM. 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. The film was based on the 1927 play of the same name by John McGowan.[3] The film starred William Haines, Josephine Dunn and Kathleen Clifford.[4][5][6]
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| Directed by | James Cruze |
| Written by | Francis Marion Ralph Spence (titles) |
| Screenplay by | Ralph Spence |
| Based on | Excess Baggage by John McGowan |
| Produced by | James Cruze Julius Hagen |
| Starring | William Haines Josephine Dunn |
| Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
| Edited by | George Hively |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Sound (Synchronized) (English Intertitles) |
Cast edit
- William Haines – Eddie Kane
- Josephine Dunn – Elsa McCoy
- Neely Edwards – Jimmy Dunn
- Kathleen Clifford – Mabel Ford
- Greta Granstedt – Betty Ford
- Ricardo Cortez – Val D'Ierrico
- Cyril Chadwick – Crammon
- Delmer Daves (uncredited)
Music edit
This film featured a theme song entitled "In A Little Hide-Away" which was composed by William Axt, David Mendoza and Howard Dietz.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Excess Baggage
- ^ Excess Baggage at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Metro Goldwyn Mayer films - 1928 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ play version of Excess Baggage as presented on Broadway at the Ritz Theatre, December 1927-June 1928; IBDb.com
- ^ White Munden, Kenneth (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. University of California Press. p. 221. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- ^ Excess Baggage at silentera.com
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Excess Baggage
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