The Barker#Cast

{{short description|1928 film}}

{{Other uses|Barker (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Barker

| image = Barker poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = George Fitzmaurice

| producer = Al Rockett
Richard A. Rowland

| based_on = {{based on|The Barker|Kenyon Nicholson}}

| writer = Benjamin Glazer
Joseph Jackson
Herman J. Mankiewicz (titles)

| starring = Milton Sills
Dorothy Mackaill
Betty Compson
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

| music = Louis Silvers

| cinematography = Lee Garmes

| editing = Stuart Heisler

| studio = First National Pictures

| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures

| released = {{film date|1928|12|9}}

| runtime = 87 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English (Intertitles and talking scenes)

| budget =

| gross =

}}

The Barker is a 1928 American part-talkie pre-Code romantic drama film produced and released by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros., acquired in September 1928. The film was directed by George Fitzmaurice and stars Milton Sills, Dorothy Mackaill, Betty Compson, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The Barker is a part-talkie with talking sequences and sequences with synchronized musical scoring and sound effects. According to the film review in Variety, 44 percent (or 38 minutes) of the total running time featured dialogue. Variety 12 Dec 1928 p. 14 https://archive.org/details/variety93-1928-12/page/n69/mode/1up The film was adapted by Benjamin Glazer, Joseph Jackson and Herman J. Mankiewicz from the play by Kenyon Nicholson.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/B/Barker1928.html The Barker at silentera.com]The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, (1971)

The Broadway play of the same name which opened at the Biltmore Theatre January 18, 1927 and ran until July 1927 for 221 performances. In the stage production Walter Huston was "Nifty" and a still relatively unknown Claudette Colbert was "Lou", played in the film by Dorothy Mackaill.[http://ibdb.com/production.php?id=10209 The Barker on Broadway at the Biltmore Hotel, Jan. 18 1927 to July 1927; IBDb.com]