The Lion and the Mouse (1928 film)

See also The Lion and the Mouse (disambiguation).
The Lion and the Mouse
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Produced by Warner Brothers
Written by Charles Klein (play)
Robert Lord (screenplay)
James A. Starr (intertitles)
Starring May McAvoy
Lionel Barrymore
Cinematography Norbert Brodine
Edited by Harold McCord
Distributed by Warner Brothers
Release dates
 May 21, 1928
Running time
 7 reels (silent version)
8 reels (sound version)
Country United States
Language English

The Lion and the Mouse (1928) is a part-silent/part-sound drama film produced by Warner Brothers, directed by Lloyd Bacon, and based on the 1905 play by Charles Klein.[1]

The picture marks the first time Lionel Barrymore(on loan out from MGM) spoke from the screen. The movie survives in 35mm at the Library of Congress and 16mm at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The Vitaphone discs of this part-talking production have not yet been recovered; only the picture is known to exist.

Plot

Judge Ross, on the Federal Bench, rules in favor of a large company in litigation before him, unaware that a smaller company in which he owns considerable stock has been subsumed by the larger firm, thus creating appearance of a conflict of interests. When one of the Judge's enemies plots to ruin the Judge over this apparent improper behavior, Judge Ross's daughter Shirley sets out to prove her father's innocence.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Lion and the Mouse as produced on Broadway several times from 1905-1907
  2. ↑ The Lion and the Mouse at silentera.com
  3. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  4. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Lion and the Mouse
  5. ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress p.104 by The American Film Institute, c.1978
  6. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:The Lion and the Mouse

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