''My Lady's Past'' is a 1929 American sound
part-talkie
A part-talkie is a sound film that includes at least some "talking sequences" or sections with audible dialogue. The remainder of the film is provided with a synchronized musical score with sound effects. These films more often than not contain ...
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
Albert Ray
Albert Ray (August 28, 1897 – February 5, 1944) was an American film director, actor, and screenwriter. He directed more than 70 films between 1920 and 1939. He also appeared in 18 films between 1915 and 1922. He was born in New Rochelle ...
and starring
Belle Bennett
Ara Belle Bennett (April 22, 1891 – November 4, 1932) was a stage and screen actress who started her career as a child as a circus performer. She later performed in theater and films.
Early life and career
Bennett was born in Milaca, Minnes ...
,
Joe E. Brown and
Alma Bennett
Alma Bennett (born Alma Long; April 9, 1904 – September 16, 1958) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1931.
Early years
Alma Bennett was born Alma Long on April 9, 1904 in Se ...
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[Pitts p.409] 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 Tiffany-Tone sound-on-film system using
RCA Photophone
RCA Photophone was the trade name given to one of four major competing technologies that emerged in the American film industry in the late 1920s for synchronizing electrically recorded audio to a motion picture image. RCA Photophone was an op ...
equipment. After completing his first novel, a writer abandons his wife for his secretary. The film survives at BFI/National Film And Television Archive.
Cast
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Belle Bennett
Ara Belle Bennett (April 22, 1891 – November 4, 1932) was a stage and screen actress who started her career as a child as a circus performer. She later performed in theater and films.
Early life and career
Bennett was born in Milaca, Minnes ...
as Mamie Reynolds
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Joe E. Brown as Sam Young
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Alma Bennett
Alma Bennett (born Alma Long; April 9, 1904 – September 16, 1958) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1931.
Early years
Alma Bennett was born Alma Long on April 9, 1904 in Se ...
as Typist
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Russell Simpson as John Parker
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Joan Standing
Joan Standing (21 June 1903 – 3 February 1979) was an English actress, best known for playing Nurse Briggs in the 1931 horror film ''Dracula''. She appeared in more than 60 films from 1919 to 1940, with the majority under contract with Metro ...
as Maid
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Billie Bennett as Gossip
Music
The film features a theme song entitled "A Kiss To Remember" with lyrics by Al Bryan and music by Al Goering and Jack Pettis.
See also
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List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part or full talking feature films made in the United States and Europe during the transition from silent film to sound film, sound, between 1926 and 1929. During this time a variety of recording syst ...
References
Bibliography
* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
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1929 films
1929 drama films
1920s English-language films
Films directed by Albert Ray
Tiffany Pictures films
American black-and-white films
English-language drama films
1920s American films
Part-talkie films
Films scored by Hugo Riesenfeld
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