Pay as You Enter is a 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Louise Fazenda, Clyde Cook and William Demarest.[2][3] While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-disc Vitaphone process.

Pay as You Enter
Movie poster
Directed byLloyd Bacon
Written byJoseph Jackson
Fred Stanley
Darryl F. Zanuck
StarringLouise Fazenda
Clyde Cook
William Demarest
CinematographyNorbert Brodine
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
May 12, 1928
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
(English Intertitles)
Budget$83,000[1]
Box office$139,000[1]

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Scene from the movie

Box office edit

According to Warner Bros records the film earned $101,000 domestic and $38,000 foreign.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 6 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  2. ^ Leider, Emily W. Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood. University of California Press, 2011. p.319
  3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Pay as You Enter
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Pay as You Enter
  5. ^ Pay as You Enter at Lost Film Files:Warner Brothers lost films - 1928

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