The Love Racket
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| Directed by | William A. Seiter |
| Written by | Adele Comandini John F. Goodrich |
| Based on | The Woman on the Jury by Bernard K. Burns |
| Starring | Dorothy Mackaill |
| Music by | Cecil Copping Alois Reiser |
| Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
| Edited by | John Rawlins |
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| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Love Racket was a 1929 American early sound crime drama film produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was directed by William A. Seiter and starred Dorothy Mackaill. It is based on a Broadway play, The Woman on the Jury by Bernard K. Burns, and is a remake of a 1924 silent film of the same name which starred Bessie Love.[1][2] The film is now considered lost.[3]
Myrtle Stedman reprises her role from the silent version in this film.
Cast
- Dorothy Mackaill as Betty Brown
- Sidney Blackmer as Fred Masters
- Edmund Burns as George Wayne
- Myrtle Stedman as Marion Masters
- Edwards Davis as Judge Davis
- Webster Campbell as Prosecuting Attorney
- Clarence Burton as Defense Attorney
- Alice Day as Grace Pierce
- Edith Yorke as Mrs. Pierce
- Martha Mattox as Mrs. Slade
- Tom Mahoney as Detective McGuire
- Jack Curtis as John Gerrity
References
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- ↑ The Woman on the Jury as produced on Broadway at the Eltinge 42nd Street theatre, August 15, 1923; IBDb.com
- ↑ The Love Racket at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: First National Pictures (1929)
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). The Love Racket at IMDb
- The Love Racket at AllMovie
- Lobby poster
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- 1929 films
- English-language films
- 1920s crime films
- 1920s drama films
- American film remakes
- American films
- American crime drama films
- American black-and-white films
- Films based on plays
- Films directed by William A. Seiter
- First National Pictures films
- Sound film remakes of silent films
- Lost films
- Crime drama film stubs
