''The Girl from Woolworth's'' is a 1929 American
pre-Code
Pre-Code Hollywood was the brief era in the American film industry between the widespread adoption of sound in film in 1929LaSalle (2002), p. 1. and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines, popularly known ...
romance film
Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...
directed by
William Beaudine
William Washington Beaudine (January 15, 1892 – March 18, 1970) was an American film actor and director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres.
Life and car ...
and starring
Alice White,
Gladden James
Gladden James (February 26, 1888 – August 28, 1948) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1911 and 1946. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio and died in Hollywood, California, from leukemia.
Family
In 1914 he ...
and
Bert Moorhouse
Bert Moorhouse (sometimes incorrectly billed as Bert Moorehouse) (November 20, 1894 – January 26, 1954) was an American character actor whose career began at the very tail end of the silent era, and lasted through the mid-1950s.
Biography
Bo ...
. It was released both as a
sound film
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before ...
and in a slightly shorter
silent version.
[Marshall p.311]
Karen Plunkett-Powell wrote in her book, ''Remembering Woolworth's: A Nostalgic History of the World's Most Famous Five-and-Dime'': "First National Pictures produced this 60-minute musical as a showcase for up-and-coming actress Alice White."
White had the role of a singing clerk in the music department of a
Woolworth's
Woolworth, Woolworth's, or Woolworths may refer to:
Businesses
* F. W. Woolworth Company, the original US-based chain of "five and dime" (5¢ and 10¢) stores
* Woolworths Group (United Kingdom), former operator of the Woolworths chain of shops ...
store.
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Cast
* Alice White as Pat King
* Gladden James
Gladden James (February 26, 1888 – August 28, 1948) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films between 1911 and 1946. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio and died in Hollywood, California, from leukemia.
Family
In 1914 he ...
as Dowling
* Bert Moorhouse
Bert Moorhouse (sometimes incorrectly billed as Bert Moorehouse) (November 20, 1894 – January 26, 1954) was an American character actor whose career began at the very tail end of the silent era, and lasted through the mid-1950s.
Biography
Bo ...
as Dave
* Patricia Caron
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as Cleo
* William Orlamond
William Anderson Orlamond (1 August 1867 – 23 April 1957) was a Danish-American film actor. Orlamond appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1938.
Partial filmography
* '' A Rogue's Romance'' (1919)
* '' Elmo the Mighty'' (191 ...
as Pa Donnelly
* Milla Davenport as Ma Donnelly
* Charles Delaney
Charles Delaney (August 9, 1892 – August 31, 1959) was an American actor.
Biography
Delaney was born in New York City in 1892. He was originally a motor mechanic and having learned to fly during World War I, he started doing flying vaud ...
as Bill Harigan
* Ben Hall as Jerry Donelly
* Wheeler Oakman
Wheeler Oakman (born Vivian Eichelberger; February 21, 1890 – March 19, 1949) was an American film actor.
Early years
Oakman was born as Vivian Eichelberger in Washington, D.C., and educated in that city's schools. He grew up in Fairfax, Vir ...
as Lawrence Mayfield
Status
The film is now considered lost
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Geography
*Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland
* Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US
History
*Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...
.
See also
* List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part talking/ all talking feature films made in the US and Europe during the transition to sound, between 1926-1929. During this time a variety of recording systems were used, including most notably ...
References
Bibliography
* Marshall, Wendy L. ''William Beaudine: From Silents to Television''. Scarecrow Press, 2005.
External links
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1929 films
American romance films
American black-and-white films
1920s romance films
Lost American films
Films directed by William Beaudine
Warner Bros. films
F. W. Woolworth Company
1920s English-language films
1920s American films
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