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The Drake Case
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6448 feet / 74 minutes
Directed by Edward Laemmle
Cast: Gladys Brockwell [Lulu Marks], Forrest Stanley [the district attorney, Robert Frazer [Roger Lane], James Crane [Hugo Jepson], Barbara Leonard [Mrs. Drake], Doris Lloyd [Georgia], Bill Thorne (William H. Thorne) [Captain Condon], Edward Hearn [Edmonds], Tom Dugan [Bill], Byron Douglas [the judge], Francis Ford, Lee Phelps
Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Screenplay by J.G. Hawks, with dialogue by J.G. Hawks and Charles Logue [?] + [Edward Laemmle]?, from a screen story by Charles Logue. Cinematography by Jerome Ash. Film editor, Ted Kent. / © 14 August 1929 by Universal Pictures Corporation [LP604]. Released 1 September 1929. / [?] Movietone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format (sound version) and Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format (silent version)? Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Brockwell’s final film. The film was also released in a silent version, (at 6644 feet), by Universal Pictures Corporation in 1929. / Full-sound film.
Drama: Mystery.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Crime: Murder - Death: Murder - Disguises - Drug addiction - Family: Stepmothers - Synchronized sound film
Listing updated: 31 January 2025.
References: Brownlow-Parade p. 575; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 65; Limbacher-Feature p. 67 : ClasIm-225 p. C8.
Home video: DVD.
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