Fugitives (1929 Film)
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''Fugitives'' is a 1929 Synchronized sound American
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 ...
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directed by
William Beaudine William Washington Beaudine (January 15, 1892 – March 18, 1970) was an American film director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out a remarkable 179 feature-length films in a wide variety of genres. He is best know ...
and starring Madge Bellamy, Don Terry and Arthur Stone. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film Movietone process. Future stars
Jean Harlow Jean Harlow (born Harlean Harlow Carpenter; March 3, 1911 – June 7, 1937) was an American actress. Known for her portrayal of "bad girl" characters, she was the leading sex symbol of the early 1930s and one of the defining figures of the ...
and Virginia Bruce both had small parts in the film.Marshall, p. 112-13


Plot


Cast

* Madge Bellamy as Alice Carroll * Don Terry as Dick Starr * Arthur Stone as Jimmy * Earle Foxe as Al Barrow * Matthew Betz as Earl Rand * Lumsden Hare as Uncle Ned * Edith Yorke as Mrs. Carroll * Hap Ward as Scal (aka "the Rat")


See also

* List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)


References


Bibliography

* Marshall, Wendy L. ''William Beaudine: From Silents to Television''. Scarecrow Press, 2005.


External links

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