''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 ...
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
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
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Madge Bellamy as Alice Carroll
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Don Terry as Dick Starr
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Arthur Stone as Jimmy
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Earle Foxe as Al Barrow
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Matthew Betz as Earl Rand
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Lumsden Hare as Uncle Ned
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Edith Yorke as Mrs. Carroll
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Hap Ward as Scal (aka "the Rat")
See also
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List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
References
Bibliography
* Marshall, Wendy L. ''William Beaudine: From Silents to Television''. Scarecrow Press, 2005.
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1929 films
American drama films
American black-and-white films
1929 drama films
1920s English-language films
Films directed by William Beaudine
Fox Film films
Films based on American novels
1920s American films
Synchronized sound films
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