The Lion and the Mouse (1928)

Directed by

Lloyd Bacon

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 10m

Rated

NR

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 1928 sound part-talkie film based on a 1905 play. It features some audible dialogue with the rest told through intertitles and music. The plot follows a dramatic story from the original stage production.

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What happens

See also The Lion and the Mouse (disambiguation). The Lion and the Mouse is a 1928 American sound part-talkie drama film produced by Warner Bros., directed by Lloyd Bacon, and based on the 1905 play by Charles Klein. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. According to the film review in Variety, 28 minutes of the total running time featured dialogue. The first talking lasted for eight minutes at the start of the film and the second talking sequence occurred in the final twenty minutes of the film. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film marks the first time Lionel Barrymore, who was on loan for the film from MGM, spoke from the screen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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