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The Girl in the Glass Cage

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The Girl in the Glass Cage
Directed byRalph Dawson
Written byJames Gruen
Paul Perez (titles)
Screenplay byPaul Perez
Based onThe Girl in the Glass Cage
by George Kibbe Turner
StarringLoretta Young
Carroll Nye
Matthew Betz
Lucien Littlefield
Ralph Lewis
CinematographyErnest Haller
Edited byTerry O. Morse
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • June 23, 1929 (1929-06-23)
Running time
80 minutes; 8 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English Intertitles

The Girl in the Glass Cage is a 1929 American sound part-talkie crime drama film directed by Ralph Dawson and starring Loretta Young, Carroll Nye, Matthew Betz, Lucien Littlefield, and Ralph Lewis. 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 Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. It is based on the 1927 novel of the same name by George Kibbe Turner.[1] The film was released by Warner Bros. on June 23, 1929.[2][3][4]

Cast

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Music

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The film features a theme song entitled "Every Little While (I Think Of You)" which was composed by John McLaughlin and Harold Levey.

Preservation

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The film is now considered lost.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film, p.468 c.1999 Alan Goble
  2. ^ "The Girl in the Glass Cage". afi.com. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  3. ^ "The Girl in the Glass Cage". AllMovie. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  4. ^ "The Girl in the Glass Cage". TCM.com. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  5. ^ American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: From Headquarters
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