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The Lady Lies
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7004 feet
Directed by Hobart Henley

Cast: Walter Huston [Robert Rossiter], Claudette Colbert [Joyce Roamer], Charles Ruggles [Charlie Taylor], Patricia Deering [Jo Rossiter], Tom Brown [Bob Rossiter], Betty Garde [Hilda Pearson], Jean Dixon [Ann Gardner], Duncan Penwarden [Henry Tuttle], Virginia True Boardman [Amelia Tuttle], Verna Deane [Bernice Tuttle]

Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Walter Wanger. Screenplay by John Meehan, from an adaptation by Garrett Fort of a play by John Meehan. Cinematography by William O. Steiner. Film editor, Helene Turner. / Released 21 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. / Full-sound film.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 31 January 2025.

References: Vermilye-Twenties p. 31 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.