1928 · Beverly Hills, CA
by W.S. Van Dyke (director); Frederick O'Brien (novel); Jack Cunningham (screenwriter); Ray Doyle (adaptation); Monte Blue, Raquel Torres (starring)
Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1928. Archive of material from the 1928 film. From the estate of actor Monte Blue, who starred in the film.
Included in the archive are a carbon typescript draft script, here under the working title “Southern Skies,” four vintage photographs, each with a mimeo snipe on the verso, one with a press stamp as well, and a later, 1921 edition of the 1919 travel book by Frederick O’Brien which served as the source material for the film, signed and dated by Blue, with his bookplate on the front pastedown.
MGM’s first film with a fully prerecorded soundtrack, comprised of music and sound effects, (truncated)
Included in the archive are a carbon typescript draft script, here under the working title “Southern Skies,” four vintage photographs, each with a mimeo snipe on the verso, one with a press stamp as well, and a later, 1921 edition of the 1919 travel book by Frederick O’Brien which served as the source material for the film, signed and dated by Blue, with his bookplate on the front pastedown.
MGM’s first film with a fully prerecorded soundtrack, comprised of music and sound effects, (truncated)