The Spieler
{{short description|1928 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Spieler
| image = The Spieler.jpg
| caption =
| director = Tay Garnett
| producer =
| writer = {{ubl|Hal Conklin|Tay Garnett|John W. Krafft}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Alan Hale|Clyde Cook|Renée Adorée}}
| music = Josiah Zuro
| cinematography = Arthur C. Miller
| editing = Doane Harrison
| studio = Ralph Block Productions
| distributor = Pathé Exchange
| released = {{Film date|1928|12|20}}
| runtime = 62 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Sound (Part-Talkie)
English intertitles
| budget =
| gross =
}}
The Spieler is a 1928 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Alan Hale, Clyde Cook and Renée Adorée.Munden p.756 While the film had a few sequences with audible dialog, the majority of the film featured a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both the sound-on-disc and sound-on-film process.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell.
Plot
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Cast
- Alan Hale as Flash
- Clyde Cook as Luke aka 'Perfesser' McIntosh
- Renée Adorée as Cleo d'Alzelle
- Fred Kohler as Red Moon
- Fred Warren as The Baker
- James Quinn as The Rabbit
- Kewpie Morgan as Butch
- Billie Latimer as Bearded Lady
Music
The film featured a theme song entitled "Your Heart Looks Into Mine." Josiah Zuro arranged and directed the recording session for the soundtrack.
See also
References
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Bibliography
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0019414}}
- {{Internet Archive film|the-spieler_1928|title = The Spieler}}
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Category:1920s English-language films
Category:Films directed by Tay Garnett
Category:American black-and-white films
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