''Clear the Decks'' is a 1929 American sound

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directed by

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and written by

Earle Snell Earle Snell (1886–1965) was an American screenwriter. He worked on more than a hundred screenplays, beginning in the silent era. He worked for Universal Pictures as well as variety of smaller independent studios. Much of his later work was for ...

Gladys Lehman Gladys Lehman (née Collins; 1892–1993) was a prolific American screenwriter who had a long career in Hollywood. Biography Lehman was born in Gates, Oregon, in 1892 to James Collins and Lois Gates. She was the eldest of the couple's four c ...

Albert DeMond Albert DeMond (May 7, 1901 – February 20, 1973) was an American screenwriter.Martin p. 470 Selected filmography * '' His Foreign Wife'' (1927) * ''On Your Toes'' (1927) * ''The Fourflusher'' (1928) * '' Phyllis of the Follies'' (1928) * '' How ...

and Charles Henry Smith. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the

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sound-on-film system. The film is based on the 1926 novel ''When the Devil Was Sick'' by E.J. Rath. The film stars Reginald Denny,

Olive Hasbrouck Olive Hasbrouck (1907–1976) was an American film actress of the silent era. Hasbrouck and her mother moved from Boise to Hollywood, where Hasbrouck attended Hollywood High School. She began working in films as an extra at Universal City. When ...

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, Collette Merton and Robert Anderson. The film was released on March 3, 1929, by

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Cast

* Reginald Denny as Jack Armitage *

as Miss Bronson *

as Pussyfoot *

as Plinge *Collette Merton as Blondie * Robert Anderson as Mate *Elinor Leslie as Aunt *

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as Trumbull

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* 1929 films 1920s English-language films American comedy films 1929 comedy films Universal Pictures films Films directed by Joseph Henabery American black-and-white films 1920s American films Part-talkie films {{1920s-US-film-stub

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