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Dry Martini (1928)

Dry Martini poster
Directed by
Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A gentleman decides to pursue romance. The film is a silent comedy with synchronized music and sound effects.

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What happens

Dry Martini is a 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation starring Mary Astor and Matt Moore. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process. Samuel L. Rothafel also contributed music for the film. It was adapted from the 1926 novel Dry Martini: a Gentleman Turns to Love by John Thomas. Ray Flynn was an assistant director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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