Nothing But the Truth (1929 film)

Nothing But the Truth
Directed by Victor Schertzinger
Produced by James Montgomery
Written by John McGowan
Starring Richard Dix
Berton Churchill
Ned Sparks
Wynne Gibson
Helen Kane
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Universal Pictures (Current)
Release dates
  • April 20, 1929
Running time
 78 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Nothing But the Truth is a 1929 American sound comedy film starring Richard Dix, loosely adapted from the play by James Montgomery and the novel by Frederic S. Isham. The play was adapted again (more faithfully) as Nothing But the Truth (1941) starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard.[1]

Plot

Robert Bennett (Dix) is a stockbroker who is very carefree with other people's money. Encouraging clients to buy stocks in companies that are failing is all in a day's work to him. His fiancée Dorothy Hall has to raise $40,000 for a charity project, comes to him with $10,000 to invest from her charity group, and wants him to double it within five days.

Meanwhile, E. M. Burke (Churchill), Frank Connelly (Bartels), and Clarence Van Dyke (Sparks) bet Bennett they will pay him $10,000 if he tells the truth for 24 hours. The men later go to a nightclub where they meet Sabel and Mabel Jackson (Gibson and Kane), who are a gold-digging sister act.

Mabel Jackson sings Do Something. After the show, the sisters ask Burke to back their show for them. They are determined to hold Burke to his promise to finance their idea for a show. and won't take no for an answer. They hold all the cards, as they have managed to enter Burke's home and refuse to leave without the cash. Burke's wife Mrs. Burke (Gray) learns from Robert that her husband had promised to back the Sisters' show. which makes his wife furious. Robert asks every question truthfully, before the 24 hours are over. His fiancée Dorothy asks him if he loves her and what he had done with all the money, he tells her the answer without telling a lie. Around 4pm, Robert has won the money by telling the truth.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nothing But the Truth at silentera.com

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