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Marriage by Contract

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Marriage by Contract
Directed byJames Flood
Written by
Produced byJohn M. Stahl
Starring
CinematographyErnest Miller
Edited byLeete Renick Brown
Music byManny Baer
Production
company
Distributed byTiffany Pictures
Release date
  • November 9, 1928 (1928-11-09)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English

Marriage by Contract is a 1928 American sound part-talkie drama film directed by James Flood and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, Lawrence Gray and Robert Edeson. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Tiffany-Tone sound-on-film system. This film was one of the first sound films produced by Tiffany Pictures, one of the largest independent studios in Hollywood at the time, and was followed by Lucky Boy.[1]

Plot

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Cast

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Music

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The film featured two theme songs. The first was entitled "When The Right One Comes Along" and was composed by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Mabel Wayne. The second was entitled "Come Back To Me" and was composed by A. E. Joffe and David S. Goldberg.

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References

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  1. ^ Crafton p.311

Bibliography

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  • Donald Crafton. The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926-1931. University of California Press, 1999.
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