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Anita Page, William Haines (center) and John Miljan.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Speedway
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / [?] 6962 or 7075? feet
Directed by Harry Beaumont
Cast: William Haines [Bill Whipple], Anita Page [Patricia], Ernest Torrence [Jim McDonald], Karl Dane [Dugan], John Miljan [Lee Renny], Eugenie Besserer [Mrs. MacDonald], Polly Moran [a waitress]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production, in cooperation with the Indiana Speedway Association; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Screenplay by Byron Morgan, Alfred Block and Ann Price, from a screen story by Byron Morgan. Art direction by Cedric Gibbons. Costume design by David Cox. Cinematography by Henry Sharp. Film editor, George Hively. Intertitles written by Joe Farnham (Joseph Farnham). / © 9 September 1929 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation [LP664]. Released 7 September 1929. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format and/or Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / The film was also released in the USA in a silent version by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation in 1929. / Silent film, with synchronized music and sound effects.
Drama: Action.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 5 August 2010.
References: Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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