''Evidence'' is a 1929 sound ( All-Talking)

Pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the Cinema of the United States, American film industry that occurred between the widespread adoption of sound in film in the late 1920s and the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code censorship gui ...

crime In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a State (polity), state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definiti ...

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

film produced and distributed by the

Warner Brothers Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ...

. It is based on the 1914 Broadway play ''Evidence'' by J. duRocher MacPherson and L. duRocher MacPherson. This early talkie was directed by

John G. Adolfi John Gustav Adolfi (February 19, 1888 – May 11, 1933) was an American silent film director, actor, and screenwriter who was involved in more than 100 productions throughout his career. An early acting credit was in the recently restored 1912 fi ...

and starred

Pauline Frederick Pauline Frederick (born Pauline Beatrice Libbey; August 12, 1883 – September 19, 1938) was an American stage and film actress. Early life Frederick was born Pauline Beatrice Libbey (later changed to Libby) in Boston in 1883 (some sources stat ...

and

Lowell Sherman Lowell Sherman (October 11, 1888 – December 28, 1934) was an American actor and film director. In an unusual practice for the time, he served as both actor and director on several films in the early 1930s. He later turned exclusively to dire ...

. While this film is lost, its soundtrack, recorded by the

Vitaphone Vitaphone was a sound film system used for feature films and nearly 1,000 short subjects made by Warner Bros. and its sister studio First National Pictures, First National from 1926 to 1931. Vitaphone is the last major analog sound-on-disc sys ...

process, survives.''Evidence'' at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: ''Warner Brothers Films'' 1928

Cast

as Myra Stanhope * William Courtenay as Cyril Wimborne *

Conway Tearle Conway Tearle (born Frederick Conway Levy, May 17, 1878 – October 1, 1938) was an American stage actor who went on to perform in silent film, silent and early sound films. Early life Tearle was born on May 17, 1878, in New York City, the ...

as Harold Courtenay *

as Norman Pollock * Alec B. Francis as Harbison *

Freddie Burke Frederick Freddie Burke Frederick (January 13, 1921 in San Francisco – January 31, 1986 in Glendale, California) was an American child actor. He played Jackie Howell in the 1930 Paramount Pictures film ''Ladies Love Brutes''. Filmography * ''Fangs of Just ...

as Kenyon Wimborne * Madeline Seymour as Mrs. Debenham * Ivan F. Simpson as Peabody *

Myrna Loy Myrna Loy (born Myrna Adele Williams; August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American film, television and stage actress. As a performer, she was known for her ability to adapt to her screen partner's acting style. Born in Helena, Monta ...

as Native Girl *

Lionel Belmore Lionel Belmore (12 May 1867 – 30 January 1953) was an English character actor and director on stage for more than a quarter of a century. Life and career Onstage, Belmore appeared with Wilson Barrett, Sir Henry Irving, William Faversham, Lil ...

as Innkeeper

Music

The film features a theme song entitled "Little Cavalier" which was composed by M.K. Jerome and Al Dubin. Pauline Frederick sings the song in the film. The song is also played frequently as background music by the Vitaphone orchestra throughout the film.

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* 1929 films American black-and-white films American films based on plays Films directed by John G. Adolfi Lost American crime drama films Warner Bros. films 1929 crime drama films 1929 lost films English-language crime drama films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{1920s-drama-film-stub

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Music

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