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Dark Streets
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Six reels / 5416 feet / 55 minutes
Directed by Frank Lloyd

Cast: Jack Mulhall [Pat McGlone; and Danny McGlone], Lila Lee [Katie Dean], Aggie Herring [Mrs. Dean], Earl Pingree [Cuneo], Will Walling [the police captain], E.H. Calvert [the police lieutenant], Maurice Black [‘Beefy’ Barker], Lucien Littlefield [the census taker], Pat Harmon [a hoodlum], [?] Wade Boteler?, [?] Tom McGuire?, [?] Mickey Moore?, [?] Mickey McBan?, [?] Virginia Grey?

First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated [A Frank Lloyd Production; A First National Picture]. / Produced by Ned Marin. Screenplay by Bradley King, from the short story “Pat and Mike” by Richard Connell. Cinematography by Ernest Haller. Film editor, Edward Schroeder. Silent version intertitles written by Paul Perez. Presented by Richard A. Rowland. / © 30 August 1929 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP730]. Released 11 August 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Vitaphone sound-on-disc synchronized sound system. / Working title: Pat and Mike. Preproduction publicity stated that Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon were to portray the leading roles but early in the film’s production Sills had contracted influenza and could not continue performing. Mulhall performed the first dual role in talking films. The film was also released in the USA in a silent version (at 5514 feet) by First National Pictures, Incorporated, on 8 September 1929. / Full-sound film.

Drama: Crime.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 6 November 2023.

References: Blum-Talkies p. ? : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

 
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