Say It with Songs (1929)
Joe Lane, radio entertainer and songwriter, learns that the manager of the studio, Arthur Phillips, has made improper advances to his wife, Katherine. Infuriated, Lane engages him in a fight, and the encounter results in Phillips' accidental death. Joe goes to prison for a few years, and when he is released he visits his son, Little Pal, at school and is begged by him to run away together.
Director:
Lloyd Bacon
Writer:
Harvey Gates
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Al Jolson as Joe Lane |
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Davey Lee as Little Pal |
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Marian Nixon as Katherine Lane |
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Holmes Herbert as Dr. Robert Merrill |
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Kenneth Thomson as Arthur Phillips |
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Fred Kohler as Fred, Joe's Cellmate |
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Frank Campeau as Officer |
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John Bowers as Dr. Burnes, surgeon |
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Ernest Hilliard as Radio Station Employee |
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Arthur Hoyt as Mr. Jones |
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Claude Payton as Judge |
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Jay Berger as Schoolboy |
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Flora Finch as Radio station beauty expert |
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Mickey Martin as Schoolboy |
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Irvine Penvose as Schoolboy |
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Buddy Smith as Schoolboy |
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Jack Stoutenburg as Schoolboy |
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Billy O'Brien as Schoolboy |
| Directing | Lloyd Bacon | Director |
| Writing | Harvey Gates | Screenplay |
| Writing | Harvey Gates | Story |
| Sound | Billy Rose | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Dave Dreyer | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Lee Garmes | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Owen Marks | Editor |
| Directing | William C. McGann | Assistant Director |