1929 films

Please visit our streaming service at https://lostnfoundfilms.uscreen.io/ The Runaway Princess is a 1929 British-German silent drama film directed by Anthony Asquith and Fritz Wendhausen and starring Mady Christians, Fred Rains, Paul Cavanagh, and Anne Grey. Synopsis: A prince discovers that a princess has run away and is in danger of being deceived by a forger. He intervenes, while in disguise, to save her from the con artist. Cast & Crew: Mady Christians as Princess Priscilla Paul Cavanagh as Prince of Savonia Norah Baring as The Forger Fred Rains as The Professor Claude Beerbohm as The Detective Eveline Chipman Lewis Dayton Anne Grey Directed by: Anthony Asquith; Fritz Wendhausen Written by: Alfred Schirokauer Based on: Princess Priscilla's Fortnight by Elizabeth Russell Produced by: Harry Bruce Woolfe Cinematography: Henry Harris; Fritz Wendhausen; Arpad Viragh Production Companies: British Instructional Films; Laender Film Distributed by: Jury Metro-Goldwyn Release Dates: March 1929 (UK); 15 April 1929 (Berlin) Running Time: 7,053 feet Countries: United Kingdom; Germany Language: Silent with English intertitles

Please visit our streaming service at https://lostnfoundfilms.uscreen.io/ All Faces West is a 1929 American Western film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Ben Lyon, Marie Prevost and Anders Randolf. It was shot in late 1928 on location in Utah. It premiered in Salt Lake City as a silent film, but was re-edited in 1931 with added music and sound effects for re-release as a sound fim under the alternative title Call of the Rockies. Synopsis: Mormon pioneers settle in Utah in the mid-nineteenth century. Cast & Crew: Ben Lyon as Mathew Marie Prevost as Arleta Vance Gladys Johnson as Sylvia Anders Randolf as Jim Vance Russell Simpson as Gunner Bill James Mason as Tony / Kit Carson Tex Driscoll as The Stranger Directed by: Raymond K. Johnson Written by: George W. Pyper Raymond K. Johnson Produced by: Lewis H. Moomaw W. Ray Johnston Cinematography: Hobart H. Brownell King D. Gray Edited by: George McGuire Music by: James G. Henshel

Please visit our streaming service at https://lostnfoundfilms.uscreen.io/ The Framing of the Shrew is a 1929 American comedy film. It features an African American cast. It was produced by Al Christie and the story was by Octavus Roy Cohen. It was directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom. The plot depicts a husband who gets the upper hand on his wife using various tactics. Framing of the Shrew was one in a series of films made from Cohen's stories featuring the same characters portrayed by established African American actors and vaudeville performers. Synopsis: Privacy Robson decides that he must be free of his wife, Clarry, as she has been pushing for him to find a job. His friend Florian Slappey advises him to go on a hunger strike to get even with her. Privacy takes this advice, however he is unable to resist sneaking some of his wife's cooking even after declining to eat supper. In the end Privacy wins out and is able to continue his daily routine. Cast & Crew: Evelyn Preer as Clarry Robson Edward Thompson as Privacy Robson Charles Olden as Florian Slappey Spencer Williams as Lawyer Evans Chew Roberta Hyson as Mallissie Cheese Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom Producer: Al Christie (for Christie Film Company) Writer / Story: Octavus Roy Cohen Screen Adaptation: Alfred A. Cohn (dialogue and scenario) Production Company: Christie Film Company Distributor: Paramount Pictures (released as part of Paramount’s “race film” lineup)

Please visit our streaming service at https://lostnfoundfilms.uscreen.io/ Whose Baby? is a 1929 short silent-film comedy in which a young man’s date plans are disrupted when he is unexpectedly asked to look after another woman’s baby, leading to misunderstandings, mistaken assumptions, and comic chaos. Synopsis: Horace prepares for a date with Betty, but while waiting, a woman hands him her baby and asks him to watch it briefly. When Betty arrives and sees Horace with the baby, she assumes he must be married — or at least a father — sparking jealousy and a series of humorous complications involving a confused policeman and mistaken identities. Cast & Crew: Arthur Lake — Horace Gertrude Messinger — Betty Glen Cavender — Policeman Director: Edward Ludwig Writer: Edward Ludwig Production Company: Universal Pictures Release Date: January 28, 1929 (USA) Runtime: 10 minutes Format: Silent, black-and-white, 1-reel comedy short

Please visit our streaming service at https://lostnfoundfilms.uscreen.io/ Players at Play is a 1929 short documentary-style film that presents a montage of Hollywood stars enjoying various leisure activities, offering a look at what they did “off duty” in relaxed, recreational settings. Synopsis The film has no traditional storyline. Instead, it features a series of brief vignettes showing movie actors “at play” — sailing, boxing, swimming, playing baseball and croquet, horseback riding, or fishing — giving viewers an informal, behind-the-scenes glimpse of stars away from the studio. Cast & Crew Louise Fazenda Neil Hamilton Robert Armstrong Junior Coghlan Phyllis Haver Marie Prevost Jackie Coogan Noah Beery Thelma Todd Directed by: Jack Eaton Production Company: The Van Beuren Corporation Producers: Amedee J. Van Beuren, John L. Hawkinson Series: Part of the Grantland Rice Sportlight series Release Date: January 20, 1929 (USA) Format: Silent Black-and-white 35 mm 1 reel

Please visit our streaming service at https://lostnfoundfilms.uscreen.io/ The Plasterers is a short comedy film released in 1929 by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Monte Brice. The film stars the comedy duo Charles O'Donnell and Jack Blair (credited simply as “O’Donnell & Blair”), who play plasterers called in to repair a woman’s house — though they spend far more time wrecking things, performing pratfalls, and generally creating chaos than doing any actual repairing. Synopsis: In The Plasterers, a comedy‑short, the slapstick comedy duo Charles O'Donnell and Jack Blair arrive at a woman’s house under the pretense of repairing plaster or doing renovation work — but instead of fixing anything, they proceed to wreak havoc. They fumble, stumble, and bumble through a series of pratfalls and bungled attempts to fix the house. Their incompetence leads to chaos: instead of repairs, the house ends up more damaged than before, and the mayhem culminates in ridiculous physical comedy — including a sequence involving a pantomime horse — that turns the “home repair” job into a full-blown comedic disaster Cast & Crew: Charles O'Donnell & Jack Blair Director: Monte Brice Production Company / Studio: Paramount Pictures Technical Details: Black-and-white, mono sound, aspect ratio 1.33:1 Release & Other Details Release Date: December 28, 1929 (United States) Runtime: 7 minutes Country: United States Language: English Genre: Comedy short / slapstick / vaudeville-style comedy

Please visit our streaming service at https://lostnfoundfilms.uscreen.io/ A short early sound comedy in which a jealous wife tries to interfere with her songwriter husband’s career, leading to misunderstandings and comic complications typical of late-1920s two-reel talkies. Synopsis: A jealous wife schemes to sabotage her songwriter husband’s career, causing misunderstandings and comic trouble for him and his songwriting partner in this early talking comedy short. Cast & Crew: Monte Collins — Songwriter Vernon Dent — His friend / partner Addie McPhail — Jealous wife Phyllis Crane — Wife or chorus girl William Irving — Supporting role Clem Beauchamp — Supporting role Director: Stephen Roberts Production Company: Jack White Productions Release Date: August 25, 1929 (USA) Runtime: ~20 minutes Country: United States Format: Black & White, Mono, Short Film

Please visit our streaming service at https://lostnfoundfilms.uscreen.io/ A short musical-comedy film in which a Broadway dancer and her boyfriend return to their small hometown, only to find that their fathers are caught up in a hostile feud, leading to light romantic complications and humorous situations typical of late-1920s short subjects. A dancer on Broadway and her boyfriend return home only to discover their fathers are embroiled in a bitter feudPrivacy Robson decides that he must be free of his wife, Clarry, as she has been pushing for him to find a job. His friend Florian Slappey advises him to go on a hunger strike to get even with her. Privacy takes this advice, however he is unable to resist sneaking some of his wife's cooking even after declining to eat supper. In the end Privacy wins out and is able to continue his daily routine. Cast & Crew: Harry Watson Reginald Merville Olga Woods Josephine Fontaine Director: Bradley Barker Writer: Douglas Leavitt Country: United States Language: English Runtime: ~17 minutes Genre: Comedy / Musical Short Format: Black & White, Mono, 1.20 : 1 aspect ratio

Please visit our streaming service at https://lostnfoundfilms.uscreen.io/ The Big Shot (1929) is a silent-to-sound transitional comedy short starring Snub Pollard, one of the great slapstick comedians of the 1920s who had earlier worked with Hal Roach Studios before moving to Educational Pictures. By 1929, Educational was still making silent shorts but beginning to release sound versions through Fox. Pollard plays his usual well-meaning bumbler — this time, a wannabe big-time executive or entrepreneur who lands himself in a series of ridiculous mishaps trying to prove he’s an important “big shot.” The humor follows his trademark style: elaborate mechanical gags, misunderstandings, and visual stunts. Synopsis: Fat and Snub are a reporter and photographer who try to track down a reclusive Scotsman for an interview and photo. Cast & Crew: Snub Pollard – the hapless hero 'Snub' Pollard - Snub Marvin Loback - Fat Thelma Daniels - Tessie Producer: Jack White (for Educational Pictures) Director: Possibly Fred Guiol or Harry Edwards (records vary; both directed Pollard at Educational in this period) Cinematography: Hap Depew (frequent Educational cameraman Released: 1929 Runtime: ~18 minutes (2 reels) Format: Silent with synchronized music and sound effects track in later versions for Fox Movietone distribution.

Please visit our streaming service at https://lostnfoundfilms.uscreen.io/ Desert Nights (also known as Thirst) is a 1929 American synchronized sound adventure/romantic drama film starring John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence, and Mary Nolan. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process. Directed by William Nigh, the film was the last film without audible dialogue featuring John Gilbert. Synopsis: A gang of thieves rob an African diamond company of diamonds worth $500,000, with two of its members posing as Lord and Lady Stonehill (who are expected to pay a visit). They kidnap its manager, Hugh Rand, and head into the "Calahari" Desert. After a few days in the sweltering heat, three of the crooks decide to take their chances in Cape Town instead and demand their share of the loot. Steve ("Lord Stonehill") gives them worthless glass. He and Diana ("Lady Stonehill") keep going, taking Hugh with them. When their native porters desert, however, the thieves are forced to rely on Hugh to guide them. He gains the upper hand as they trek through the hostile desert with very little water. Later, one of the other crooks returns and tells them that the other two died from drinking from a poisoned waterhole, before succumbing himself. Steve reveals he poisoned the water to deter pursuit. Hugh keeps tensions high by romancing Diana, infuriating Steve. As they get thirstier and thirstier, a parched Diana offers Hugh first the diamonds, then herself, in exchange for some of the water. When he rejects both, she even offers to be his slave, but with the same result. Eventually, they reach a safe waterhole. However, Hugh has been leading them in a circle, and they finally end up back at the diamond company office. Steve is first introduced to the real Lord and Lady Stonehill, before being taken away. Diana's fate is left in Hugh's hands. He tells her she is free, except that she will have to report to him every day for the rest of her life. Then he embraces her. Cast & Crew: John Gilbert as Hugh Rand Ernest Torrence as Steve / Lord Stonehill Mary Nolan as Lady Diana Stonehill Directed by: William Nigh Produced by: William Nigh Story by: John T. Neville, Dale Van Every Treatment by: Willis Goldbeck Adaptation by: Endre Bohem Titles by: Marian Ainslee, Ruth Cummings Continuity by: Lenore J. Coffee Cinematography: James Wong Howe Edited by: Harry Reynolds Music by: William Axt (uncredited) Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Release date: March 29, 1929 (United States) Running time: 62 minutes Country: United States Language: English intertitles; synchronized sound